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Mar 11, 1944

Songwriter Graham Lyle is born in Bellshill, Scotland. Best known for the songs he lands with Tina Turner, he also writes Don Williams' "Stay Young," Ronnie Milsap's "Button Off My Shirt" and Eddy Raven's "Joe Knows How To Live"

Mar 17, 1944

Singer/songwriter John Sebastian is born in New York City. He becomes a member of 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"

Mar 19, 1944

Keyboard player Tom Constanten is born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He plays with The Grateful Dead from 1968-1970; some 25 years later, the band is namechecked in Lonestar's "No News"

Mar 26, 1944

Diana Ross is born in Detroit, where she becomes an R&B star for Motown Records. "Someday We'll Be Together," a hit for The Supremes, is remade by Bill Anderson & Jan Howard, while Dottie West covers Ross' solo single "Last Time I Saw Him"

Apr 3, 1944

Pop singer Tony Orlando is born in Manhattan. Two of his hits find new life in country remakes: Billy "Crash" Craddock covers "Knock Three Times," and Johnny Carver renews "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"

Apr 5, 1944

Songwriter Bob McDill is born in Beaumont, Texas. He writes more than 40 Top 20 singles, including Sammy Kershaw's "She Don't Know She's Beautiful," Don Williams' "Good Ole Boys Like Me," Mel McDaniel's "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," Alan Jackson's "Gone Country" and Keith Whitley's "Don't Close Your Eyes"

Apr 8, 1944

Songwriter Jerry Abbott is born in Abilene, Texas. The father of Pantera members Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott and Vinnie Paul, he writes the Buck Owens & Emmylou Harris hit "Play Together Again Again"

Apr 9, 1944

Drummer Gene Parsons is born in Los Angeles. He joins The Byrds, pivotal in the development of country-rock, beginning with the 1969 album "Dr. Byrd & Mr. Hyde." He leaves in 1972, following the album "Further Along"

Apr 20, 1944

Mandolin player Doyle Lawson is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. After stints with Jimmy Martin and The Country Gentlemen, he forms his own bluegrass band, Quicksilver, becoming one of the genre's leading figures

Apr 21, 1944

Songwriter Tony Macaulay is born in England. Among his credits: Glen Campbell's "Oklahoma Sunday Morning" and Alison Krauss' "Baby, Now That I've Found You"

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