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Jun 3, 1943

Drummer Michael Clarke is born in New York. An original member of The Byrds, he leaves before they record the album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo," but moves to the country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers

Jun 6, 1943

Joe Stampley is born in Springhill, Louisiana. He peppers an 11-year string of hits, beginning in 1972, with such titles as "Soul Song," "All These Things" and "Roll On Big Mama," expanding his career in a series of "good ol' boy" duets with Moe Bandy

Jun 14, 1943

Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is born in Center Star, Alabama. A pop songwriter who pens "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby," he also writes two Freddy Weller successes, plus "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers," a country hit twice, for Bob Luman and Steve Wariner

Jul 3, 1943

Vocalist Judith Durham is born in Essendon, Australia. The year she turns 20, she joins the pop band The Seekers, who record two songs that will become Sonny James country hits: "I'll Never Find Another You" and "A World Of Our Own"

Jul 5, 1943

Guitarist Robbie Robertson is born in Toronto. He joins The Band, a rock group that tours with Bob Dylan for two years. The Country Music Foundation ranks The Band's 1969 release "Up On Cripple Creek" among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"

Jul 12, 1943

Singer/songwriter Christine McVie is born in Birmingham, England. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she writes the group's 1975 hit "Say You Love Me," which finds its way into country music four years later as a remake by Stephanie Winslow

Jul 23, 1943

Tony Joe White is born in Oak Grove, Louisiana. Best known for his southern-fried pop hit "Polk Salad Annie," he writes "Rainy Night In Georgia," a country hit for Hank Williams Jr., and the last song that Conway Twitty records before his death

Jul 26, 1943

The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England. The Stones' "It's All Over Now" becomes a minor country hit for John Anderson. Jagger co-writes and sings lead on "Honky Tonk Women," which will be ranked one of country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"

Jul 31, 1943

Roland Kent Lavoie is born in Tallahassee, Florida. Under the stage name Lobo, he's best known for the pop hit "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo," but he also produces a Joe Stampley country hit and writes Cristy Lane's "Let Me Down Easy"

Aug 5, 1943

Sammi Smith is born in Orange, California. She receives a Grammy award for her 1971 rendition of Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"

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