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Nov 28, 1929
Berry Gordy Jr. is born in Detroit, Michigan. He writes "Lonely Teardrops," which becomes a country hit for Narvel Felts, and founds Motown, whose classics "Someday We'll Be Together," "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" and "Tracks Of My Tears" also gain country covers
Nov 30, 1929
Dick Clark is born in Mount Vernon, New York. Best known as the host of the pop show "American Bandstand," Clark produces the American Music Awards and the Academy Of Country Music awards
May 29, 1930
Music executive Lou Robin is born in Chicago. Beginning in 1973, he spends 30 years as the manager for Johnny Cash & June Carter
Jul 29, 1930
James Stewart is born in Middleton, Tennessee. He becomes a founder of Stax Records, a Memphis-based soul label which launches several songs that are remade as country hits, including "Dock Of The Bay" and "In The Midnight Hour"
Jul 26, 1931
Monument Records founder Fred Foster is born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Credited as a co-writer on "Me And Bobby McGee," Foster's label is key in the careers of Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison and Larry Gatlin. In 2016, he's voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Aug 5, 1931
Radio executive Hal Durham is born in McMinnville, Tennessee. He becomes the announcer for the Grand Ole Opry in 1964, and eventually the Opry manager and president of the Opry's general business group
Apr 4, 1932
Label executive Clive Davis is born in Brooklyn, New York. He heads Columbia Records, affecting the careers of Lynn Anderson and Sonny James, and launches a country wing for Arista Records, associated with Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn
Aug 19, 1932
Grover "Shorty" Lavender is born in Old Fort, North Carolina. After playing fiddle on hits by Marty Robbins and Ray Price, he becomes a booking agent, working with George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Bill Anderson and Ronnie Milsap, among others
Oct 7, 1932
Songwriter and record executive Gary Walker is born in Romance, Missouri. He founds Chart Records and pens hits for Jim Reeves, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Kitty Wells. He also founds a key used-record store in Nashville, the Great Escape
Nov 13, 1932
Publisher/record producer/bass player Buddy Killen is born in Lexington, Alabama. He owns Tree Publishing; produces hits for Exile, Ronnie McDowell and T.G. Sheppard; plays bass on George Jones' "White Lightning"; and writes "Watchin' Girls Go By" and "I May Never Get To Heaven"
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