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Sep 23, 1943

Julio Iglesias is born in Madrid, Spain. The international Latin star joins Willie Nelson on the million-selling 1984 single "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," which wins the Country Music Association's Vocal Duo of the Year award

Sep 23, 1943

Guitarist Steve Boone is born in North Carolina. He joins the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"

Sep 25, 1943

Joe Sun is born in Rochester, Minnesota. A radio promotion man for Ovation Records, representing The Kendalls, he has a minor hit in 1978 with "Old Flames (Can't Hold A Candle To You)," which Dolly Parton reprises in 1980

Sep 25, 1943

Pop artist Gary "Jules" Alexander is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He becomes a member of The Association, whose 1967 hit "Never My Love" is reconfigured for the country audience by Vern Gosdin in 1978

Oct 11, 1943

Gene Watson is born in Palestine, Texas. Using a relaxed vocal style, he becomes an admired traditional-country vocalist, fashioning such 1970s and '80s successes as "Love In The Hot Afternoon," "Farewell Party" and "Fourteen Carat Mind." He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 2020

Oct 15, 1943

Drummer Larrie Londin is born in Norfolk, Virginia, with the birth name Ralph Gallant. He plays on hits by Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr., Dan Seals, Randy Travis, George Strait and Waylon Jennings, among others

Oct 18, 1943

Guitarist Russ Giguere is born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He joins the Los Angeles pop band The Association, scoring a 1967 hit with "Never My Love." Vern Gosdin remakes it 11 years later for the country audience

Oct 21, 1943

Music journalist and author Chet Flippo is born in Fort Worth, Texas. He works for Rolling Stone, CMT and Billboard; writes a Hank Williams biography; and sings in the backing chorus on the title track to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 1972 album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

Oct 22, 1943

Bobby Fuller is born in Baytown, Texas. His band, The Bobby Fuller Four, has a 1966 pop hit with "I Fought The Law," written by Sonny Curtis, who will join the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The song becomes a country hit for Hank Williams Jr.

Nov 7, 1943

Singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell is born in Ft. MacLeod, Alberta. Eventually added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, she earns country hits as a composer when George Hamilton IV records "Urge For Going" and Gail Davies covers "You Turn Me On I'm A Radio"

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