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Dec 1, 1942

Bass player Casey Van Beek is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He joins The Tractors, who combine multiple influences in the hit "Baby Likes To Rock It" in 1994. They become the first country act to gain a gold album without ever touring

Dec 2, 1942

Drummer Ted Bluechel is born in San Pedro, California. He's a founding member of The Association, noted for the 1967 pop hit "Never My Love." The song is refashioned in 1978 as a country hit by Vern Gosdin

Dec 9, 1942

Bass player Rick Danko is born in Simcoe, Ontario. He joins The Band, an acclaimed 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 the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"

Dec 30, 1942

Michael Nesmith is born in Houston, Texas. Best known as a member of the pop group The Monkees, he writes "Different Drum," which introduces Linda Ronstadt to the musical landscape

Jan 2, 1943

Songwriter Dick Feller is born in Bronaugh, Missouri. He pens Jerry Reed's "Lord, Mr. Ford" and John Denver's "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)," and earns a Top 10 novelty hit as a recording artist in 1974 with "The Credit Card Song"

Jan 7, 1943

Singer/songwriter Leona Williams is born in Vienna, Missouri. Married to Merle Haggard from 1978-1983, she joins him on a duet, "The Bull And The Beaver," and writes his hits "You Take Me For Granted" and "Someday When Things Are Good"

Jan 8, 1943

Pop singer Jimmy Elledge is born in Nashville. Discovered by Chet Atkins, he becomes the first performer to earn a hit with the Willie Nelson-written standard "Funny How Time Slips Away"

Jan 10, 1943

Songwriter Scott English is born in New York City. He authors the Donna Fargo country hit "Another Goodbye" plus such pop singles as Barry Manilow's "Mandy" and The American Breed's "Bend Me, Shape Me"

Jan 16, 1943

Ronnie Milsap is born in Robbinsville, North Carolina. The blind keyboard player emerges as one of country's most innovative performers, offsetting traditional fare with pop crossovers, winning six Grammy awards and the CMA's Entertainer honor in 1977. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014

Jan 19, 1943

Blues-rock singer Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas. Her version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" becomes a major posthumous hit, and her "Piece Of My Heart" is remade in 1994 by Faith Hill as a country hit

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