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Apr 6, 1937
Merle Haggard is born in Oildale, California. After imprisonment in San Quentin, he becomes a legendary singer/songwriter with his blue-collar observations and rich vocal style sending him into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994
Apr 7, 1937
R&B singer Charlie Thomas is born in New York. In the 1950s, he joins The Drifters, singing on "Save The Last Dance For Me." The song is resurrected three different times as a country hit--by Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton
Apr 24, 1937
Bass player Dick Kniss is born in Portland, Oregon. He becomes a member of John Denver's band, taking part in such country hits as "Back Home Again," "Annie's Song," "I'm Sorry" and "Thank God I'm A Country Boy." Kniss will also co-write "Sunshine On My Shoulders"
Apr 28, 1937
Bill Walker is born in Sydney, Australia. He becomes a major arranger, contributing to such hits as Eddy Arnold's "Make The World Go Away," Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and Roy Clark's "Come Live With Me"
May 3, 1937
Steel guitarist Stu Basore is born in Fort Monroe, Virginia. He works on such hits as Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," Jerry Lee Lewis' "When Two Worlds Collide" and Mickey Gilley's "Bring It On Home To Me"
May 9, 1937
R&B singer Dave Prater is born in Ocilla, Georgia. As one-half of Sam & Dave, he sings on the 1967 hit "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," translated as a country single by Sonny James in 1976
May 9, 1937
Sonny Curtis is born in Meadow, Texas. A sideman with Buddy Holly, he joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991. He pens The Bobby Fuller Four's "I Fought The Law," Anne Murray's "Walk Right Back" and Keith Whitley's "I'm No Stranger To The Rain"
May 12, 1937
Record producer Bob Montgomery is born in Lampasas, Texas. He writes Eddy Arnold's "Misty Blue," and produces Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey," Vern Gosdin's "Set 'Em Up Joe" and Janie Fricke's "He's A Heartache (Lookin' For A Place To Happen)"
May 24, 1937
Roger Peterson is born in Alta, Iowa. He pilots the plane that crashes and kills Buddy Holly, a flight that Waylon Jennings nearly takes
Jun 4, 1937
Baldemar Huerta is born in San Benito, Texas. Performing under the stage name Freddy Fender, he earns two million-selling hits, "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" and his Spanglish "Before The Next Teardrop Falls," in 1975, eventually gaining a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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