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Apr 22, 1940
Songwriter Ray Griff is born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He pens Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton's "You Better Move It On Home," Gene Watson's "Where Love Begins" and Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke's "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"
Apr 25, 1940
O.B. McClinton is born in Senatobia, Mississippi. The self-billed "Chocolate Cowboy" charts often in the 1970s and '80s. His "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Apr 30, 1940
Singer/songwriter Darrell McCall is born in New Jasper, Ohio. He writes Hank Williams Jr.'s 1972 hit "Eleven Roses" and plays on several Ray Price hits, including "Night Life," "Pride" and "Make The World Go Away"
May 8, 1940
Ricky Nelson is born in Teaneck, New Jersey. Carried into the limelight through his role on TV's "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet," he gains success in pop music, but also launches four Top 10 country hits in 1958
May 10, 1940
R&B singer Arthur Alexander is born in Florence, Alabama. A couple of his songs become country hits in the hands of other artists: "Everyday I Have To Cry Some," by Joe Stampley; and "You Better Move On," by Billy "Crash" Craddock
May 18, 1940
Keyboard player Larry McCoy is born in Middletown, Ohio. He contributes to Johnny Cash's 1976 hit "One Piece At A Time," plus Cash's duet with Waylon Jennings, "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
May 19, 1940
Songwriter Mickey Newbury is born in Houston. He writes "I Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye," by Johnny Rodriguez; "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," by Kenny Rogers; and "An American Trilogy," by Elvis Presley
May 20, 1940
R&B performer Frederick "Shorty" Long is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He plays piano on a number of Elvis Presley recordings, including the session in which the King records "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog"
May 26, 1940
Drummer Levon Helm is born in Marvell, Arkansas. He joins The Band, a rock group that tours with Bob Dylan for two years. The Country Music Foundation ranks "Up On Cripple Creek" among country's 500 greatest singles in "Heartaches By The Number"
May 31, 1940
Multi-instrumentalist Augie Meyers is born in San Antonio, Texas. A member of The Sir Douglas Quintet and The Texas Tornados, he plays on albums by Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson
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