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Jan 22, 1935
Sam Cooke is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. A highly regarded R&B vocalist, Cooke has two songs covered in the country charts: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
Feb 11, 1935
Singer/songwriter Gene Vincent is born in Norfolk, Virginia. His seminal rock & roll record "Be-Bop-A-Lula," one of the first singles recorded at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville, also reaches country music's Top 5 in 1956
Feb 16, 1935
Sonny Bono is born in Detroit, Michigan. As one-half of the pop duo Sonny & Cher, he records the 1971 hit "All I Ever Need Is You," which becomes a 1979 country hit for Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
Feb 17, 1935
Johnny Bush is born in Houston, Texas. A longtime cohort of Ray Price and Willie Nelson, his biggest hit comes with his 1969 version of Marty Robbins' "You Gave Me A Mountain." He also writes Nelson's "Whiskey River"
Feb 21, 1935
Keyboard player Richard Powell is born in Seffner, Florida. He appears in 1972 on Waylon Jennings' solo version of "Good Hearted Woman"
Feb 21, 1935
Songwriter Orville Couch is born in Grapevine, Texas. He writes "Hello Trouble," recorded by Buck Owens in 1964. It goes on to become a country hit for The Desert Rose Band in 1989
Feb 27, 1935
Steel guitarist Norm Hamlet is born in Woodside, California. As a member of Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers, Hamlet plays on "Ramblin' Fever," "Big City" and "If We Make It Through December." He also teaches Barbara Mandrell to play steel
Mar 22, 1935
Steel guitarist Bobby Garrett is born in Dallas, Texas. He plays on a number of hits in the late-1950s and early-'60s by Jim Reeves, Hank Thompson and Ernest Tubb
Mar 24, 1935
Bass player Carol Kaye is born in Everett, Washington. One of the session players in the West Coast's Wrecking Crew, she appears on records by The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers and Nancy Sinatra, plus Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman"
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
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