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    • Dec 13, 1933
    Pop music executive Lou Adler is born in Chicago. As a producer, publisher and label owner, he works with such acts as Carole King, The Mamas & The Papas, Cheech & Chong and Johnny Rivers, co-writing "Poor Side Of Town," which becomes a country hit in 1983 for Joe Stampley
    Aug 9, 1934
    Singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore is born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He achieves his biggest successes as the writer of Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain," but he's best known as Hank Williams Jr.'s manager
    Mar 31, 1935
    Herb Alpert is born in Los Angeles, California. The trumpet-playing pop star forms A&M Records in 1962, then signs Waylon Jennings to his first recording contract a year later. A&M yields country hits by The Carpenters, Hoyt Axton and Toby Keith
    Apr 12, 1935
    Television executive Gene Weed is born in Dallas, Texas. He becomes a longtime producer of the Academy of Country Music awards and has a hand in such shows as NBC-TV's "Hot Country Nights" and TNN's "Prime Time Country"
    Sep 19, 1935
    Music executive Billy Deaton is born in Slaughter, Mississippi. He works as a booking agent and publicist for the likes of Faron Young and Bill Anderson, co-writing Young's hit "Wine Me Up"
    Sep 23, 1935
    Recording engineer Jim Williamson is born in North Carolina. Williamson runs the board for such classics as Ray Price's "For The Good Times," Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man," Merle Haggard's "If We Make It Through December" and Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter"
    Nov 17, 1936
    Record executive Bruce Hinton is born in Tell City, Indiana. Hinton becomes the head of MCA Records beginning in 1989, overseeing the careers of George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, The Mavericks and others
    Feb 4, 1937
    Bill Ham is born in Waxahachie, Texas. He is destined to become the manager of ZZ Top and, at the beginning of his career, Clint Black
    Jun 9, 1937
    Ben Scotti is born in Newark, New Jersey. Following a career as an NFL defensive back, he joins Tony Scotti to form Scotti Brothers Records, landing country hits for John Schneider and Fred Knoblock
    Sep 26, 1937
    Jerry Weintraub is born in Brooklyn, New York. A longtime Elvis Presley associate, he manages John Denver and produces Denver's first movie "Oh, God!" Weintraub also produces George Strait's first picture, "Pure Country"



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