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    • Jul 5, 1928
    Mitch Jayne is born in Hammond, Indiana. He plays bass for The Dillards, a bluegrass band that influences The Eagles and gains attention in its recurring role as The Darlings on "The Andy Griffith Show"
    Jul 6, 1928
    Wallace Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. He joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family. Their record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 7, 1928
    Tenor Dave Mahoney is born in Chester, Pennsylvania. As a member of The Four Aces, he appears on one of several 1954 versions of the pop hit "Mister Sandman." Emmylou Harris offers a new version of the song for country fans in 1981
    Jul 12, 1928
    Barbara Cowsill is born in Cranston, Rhode Island. She rounds up six of her children to form The Cowsills, a 1960s pop group that inspires the TV series "The Partridge Family." One of The Cowsills' songs, "Indian Lake," is remade by Freddy Weller for the country market
    Jul 21, 1928
    Bass player Junior Huskey is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His credits include work with Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn
    Jul 27, 1928
    R&B songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Connected to such acts as Marvin Gaye, The Moonglows and The Spinners, he writes two songs that are remade as country hits, "Sincerely" and "Someday We'll Be Together"
    Aug 6, 1928
    Songwriter Bobby Bishop is born in Henry County, Kentucky. He authors Hank Thompson's 1966 hit "Where Is The Circus"
    Aug 6, 1928
    Guitarist Bobby Sykes is born in Henry County, Tennessee. A member of Marty Robbins' band, he plays on his hit "The Chair." Sykes also authors Faron Young's single "Wonderful World Of Women"
    Aug 10, 1928
    Jimmy Dean is born in Olton, Texas. A network TV host and sausage-company owner, he sells a million copies of the 1961 single "Big Bad John." He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010
    Aug 11, 1928
    Songwriter Stan Kesler is born in Abbeville, Mississippi. He writes Elvis Presley's "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"



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