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Feb 27, 1936

Chuck Glaser is born in Spalding, Nebraska. A 1970 winner of the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year award, Tompall & The Glaser Brothers net hits in 1971 and 1981, and sing on Marty Robbins' "El Paso"

Feb 29, 1936

Keyboard player Charles Cochran is born in Midway, Pennsylvania. He becomes a prominent Nashville session musician, playing on hits by Crystal Gayle, Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Johnny Cash and Don Williams

Mar 4, 1936

Trombone player Eric Allendale is born in Dominica, West Indies. He plays on The Foundations' "Baby, Now That I've Found You," a 1960s pop hit that's reimagined by Alison Krauss as a Grammy-winning country release

Mar 9, 1936

Mickey Gilley is born in Natchez, Mississippi. A piano-playing cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and reverend Jimmy Swaggart, he becomes a ballad singer during the Urban Cowboy era, in which his club, Gilley's, plays a central role

Mar 15, 1936

Pop songwriter Howard Greenfield is born in Brooklyn, New York. Long associated with Neil Sedaka, he has several songs become country hits, including "Crying In The Rain," for Tammy Wynette; and "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own," for Debby Boone

Mar 16, 1936

Songwriter Fred Neil is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He writes the Nilsson single "Everybody's Talkin'" and the Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley duet "Candy Man"

Mar 22, 1936

British pop singer Roger Whittaker is born in Nairobi, Kenya. He earns a Top 10 country album with his 1975 release "'The Last Farewell' And Other Hits"

Mar 26, 1936

The Five Satins' Fred Parris is born in Connecticut. He writes the doo wop classic "In The Still Of The Nite," automatically making him a co-writer with Mike Reid on the Ronnie Milsap country hit "Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night)"

Mar 27, 1936

David Rogers is born in Atlanta, Georgia. The singer scores two Top 10 hits: 1972's "Need You" and 1974's "Loving You Has Changed My Life"

Mar 28, 1936

Gospel giant Bill Gaither is born in Alexandria, Indiana. He writes "He Touched Me," recorded by Elvis Presley, whose version ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

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