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Nov 24, 1941
Trumpet player Wayne Jackson is born in Memphis. A member of The Memphis Horns, he plays on pop and R&B hits by Elvis Presley, The Staple Singers and Otis Redding. He also contributes to Kathy Mattea's "Train Of Memories" and T.G. Sheppard's "Mister D.J."
Nov 27, 1941
Eddie Rabbitt is born in Brooklyn, New York. The singer/songwriter becomes a major link between country music and pop during the 1970s and '80s, pushing country's boundaries with such recordings as "Drivin' My Life Away," "I Love A Rainy Night," "Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight" and "Suspicions"
Nov 29, 1941
Myrna Joy Brooks is born in Phoenix, Arizona. Under the name Jody Miller, she gains her widest recognition for the Grammy-winning "Queen Of The House," a 1965 answer to Roger Miller's "King Of The Road"
Dec 6, 1941
Helen Cornelius is born in Hannibal, Missouri. She joins Jim Ed Brown to develop seven hit singles from 1976-1980, including "I Don't Want To Have To Marry You," which wins the Country Music Association's 1977 Vocal Duo of the Year honor
Dec 12, 1941
Pop keyboard player Terry Kirkman is born in Salina, Kansas. He becomes a member of the Los Angeles-based group The Association, which scores a 1967 hit with "Never My Love," later a country hit for Vern Gosdin
Dec 23, 1941
Singer/songwriter Tim Hardin is born in Eugene, Oregon. Hardin writes the Johnny Cash & June Carter duet "If I Were A Carpenter," as well as Cash's solo hit "The Lady Came From Baltimore"
Dec 25, 1941
Trumpet player George Tidwell is born. He works on such hits as Tom T. Hall's "Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)," Bobby Goldsboro's "Watching Scotty Grow" and Elvis Presley's "My Boy"
Jan 3, 1942
TV producer and writer Glen A. Larson is born in Long Beach, California. Before working on such shows as "McCloud" and "The Fall Guy," he sings with The Four Preps, a group that backs Ricky Nelson on "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet"
Jan 16, 1942
Keyboard player Bill Francis is born in Mobile, Alabama. As a member of Dr. Hook, he plays on two pop hits that are later reborn in country music. Bobby Bare remakes "Sylvia's Mother," and Buck Owens retools "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone"
Jan 16, 1942
R&B singer Barbara Lynn Ozen is born in Beaumont, Texas. She earns a 1962 hit with "You'll Lose A Good Thing," revamped as a country hit by Freddy Fender
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