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Aug 10, 1943
Guitarist Jimmy Griffin is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He joins the 1970s pop band Bread and spends the early-1990s as a member of The Remingtons, who earn a country hit with "A Long Time Ago"
Aug 10, 1943
Veronica Bennett is born in New York, where she forms The Ronettes with sister Estelle and cousin Nedra Talley. They earn a hit with "Be My Baby," covered by country's Jody Miller in 1972. Veronica becomes Ronnie Spector after marrying producer Phil Spector
Aug 14, 1943
Country music scholar Charles K. Wolfe is born in Sedalia, Missouri. A three-time Grammy nominee for album liner notes, he also authors books on Grandpa Jones, The Carter Family, The Louvin Brothers, Don Gibson and the Grand Ole Opry
Aug 16, 1943
Kin Vassy is born in Atlanta, Georgia. A member of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, he also provides backing vocals on a number of Rogers' solo hits, including "Morning Desire," "I Don't Need You" and "Love Will Turn You Around"
Aug 21, 1943
Background singer Clydie King is born in Dallas. She's a supporting voice on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," tagged one of country's all-time greatest hits in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number." She also sang behind Linda Ronstadt, Bob Seger and Steely Dan
Aug 21, 1943
Guitarist Hilton Valentine is born in North Shields, England. He plays the opening chord progression on The Animals' 1964 recording of "The House Of The Rising Sun," the most famous version of a song later covered in country by Dolly Parton
Sep 2, 1943
R&B singer Joe Simon is born in Simmesport, Louisiana. In 2003, the Country Music Foundation ranks his "The Chokin' Kind" among country's 500 greatest singles in its book "Heartaches By The Number"
Sep 11, 1943
Drummer Mickey Hart is born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1967, he joins The Grateful Dead, a psychedelic rock band namechecked in the 1996 Lonestar hit "No News"
Sep 13, 1943
Drummer Jerry Carrigan is born in Florence, Alabama. After starting his career in Muscle Shoals, he moves to Nashville, appearing on hits by the likes of Eddy Arnold, Conway Twitty, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley and Tanya Tucker
Sep 21, 1943
Bass player David Hood is born in Sheffield, Alabama. As a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, he plays with The Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon. He also appears on country hits by T. Graham Brown, The Oak Ridge Boys, John Conlee and Willie Nelson
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