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Aug 21, 1939

Guitarist James Burton is born in Dubberly, Louisiana. A member of Elvis Presley's band during the last seven years of The King's life, Burton plays guitar on recordings by Ricky Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris and Buck Owens, among others

Aug 21, 1939

Harold Reid, of The Statler Brothers, is born in Augusta County, Virginia. His bass voice is easily distinguished in the group's award-winning gospel harmonies. They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008

Aug 31, 1939

Jerry Allison is born in Hillsboro, Texas. In addition to playing drums on Buddy Holly hits as a member of The Crickets, he appears on records by Waylon Jennings, Billy Walker and The Everly Brothers

Sep 5, 1939

John Stewart is born in San Diego. A member of The Kingston Trio from 1961-1967, he writes Rosanne Cash's "Runaway Train" and Anne Murray's "Daydream Believer"

Sep 6, 1939

David Allan Coe is born in Akron, Ohio, an event he calls "the first of a long line of crimes I was to be convicted for" in his autobiography. He pens "Take This Job And Shove It" and "Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)," and records "The Ride" and the "perfect country & western song," "You Never Even Called Me By My Name"

Sep 13, 1939

Moses Uzzell, of the soul group The Corsairs, is born in LaGrange, North Carolina. The act earns a 1961 hit with "Smoky Places," revived on the country charts in 1969 by Billy Walker

Sep 29, 1939

Songwriter/producer Tommy Boyce is born in Charlottesville, Virginia. Most closely associated with The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville" and "Valleri," he also pens the Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke country hit "Come A Little Bit Closer"

Oct 27, 1939

Ruby Wright is born in Nashville, the daughter of Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright. She earns a hit in 1964 with "Dern Ya," an answer song to Roger Miller's "Dang Me"

Oct 27, 1939

Songwriter Dallas Frazier is born in Spiro, Oklahoma. A 1976 addition to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he writes The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira," Patty Loveless' "If My Heart Had Windows" and Gene Watson's "Fourteen Carat Mind," among others

Oct 30, 1939

Motown songwriter Eddie Holland is born in Detroit. A prolific writer who authors "Heat Wave," "Baby Love" and "Jimmy Mack," among others, his song "You Can't Hurry Love" is covered by The Dixie Chicks for the "Runaway Bride" soundtrack

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