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    • Mar 11, 1939
    Tex-Mex accordion player Flaco Jimenez is born in San Antonio. He plays a major role in the Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam hit "Streets Of Bakersfield" and joins the all-star band The Texas Tornados, which includes Freddy Fender
    Mar 11, 1939
    Songwriter Susanna Talley is born in Atlanta, Texas. After marrying Guy Clark, she is known professionally as Susanna Clark, painting the cover for Willie Nelson's "Stardust" album and writing Kathy Mattea's "Come From The Heart" and Emmylou Harris' "Easy From Now On"
    Mar 20, 1939
    Western singer Don Edwards is born in Boonton, New Jersey. Among his output is "Cowboy Love Song," which appears in the soundtrack to "The Horse Whisperer"
    Mar 20, 1939
    The Four Guys' Samuel Wellington is born in Steubenville, Ohio. The group joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1967
    Apr 1, 1939
    Songwriter Royce Porter is born in Sweetwater, Texas. He writes such hits as George Strait's "It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You" and "Ocean Front Property," Keith Whitley's "Homecoming '63" and Kenny Chesney's "A Chance"
    Apr 2, 1939
    Motown singer/songwriter Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C. He will be namechecked in Thomas Rhett's 2015 ballad "Die A Happy Man"
    Apr 5, 1939
    Ronnie White is born in Detroit, Michigan. He joins the Motown harmony act The Miracles. Two of their songs are remade as country hits: "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Tracks Of My Tears," by Linda Ronstadt
    Apr 5, 1939
    Guitarist June Stearns is born in Albany, Ketucky. At age 21, she becomes a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, although she quits the business after a near-fatal wreck in 1965
    Apr 16, 1939
    Mary O'Brien is born in London, England. Under the name Dusty Springfield, she records "Son-Of-A Preacher Man," named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 18, 1939
    Glen D. Hardin is born in Wellington, Texas. A keyboard player for The Crickets after Buddy Holly's death, Hardin goes on to play with Elvis Presley and Emmylou Harris



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