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Nov 12, 1944
Booker T. Jones is born in Memphis. The namesake of "Green Onions" R&B act Booker T. & The MG's, he produces Willie Nelson's album "Stardust"
Nov 28, 1944
Soul singer R.B. Greaves is born in Georgetown, British Guyana. A nephew of Sam Cooke, he nets a pop hit in 1969 with "Take A Letter Maria," revamped as a country hit the following year by Anthony Armstrong Jones
Nov 30, 1944
R&B singer Luther Ingram is born in Jackson, Tennessee. He records the original version of "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right," remade as a 1979 country hit by Barbara Mandrell
Dec 1, 1944
Jim Chesnut is born in Midland, Texas. After working as a disc jockey and an associate of "Bonanza" star Dan Blocker, he develops a series of minor country hits in the 1970s, topped by his 1979 single "Let's Take The Time To Fall In Love Again"
Dec 3, 1944
Singer/songwriter Roger Bowling is born in Harlan, Kentucky. He writes the Kenny Rogers hits "Lucille" and "Coward Of The County," plus Billie Jo Spears' "Blanket On The Ground" and George Jones & Tammy Wynette's "Southern California"
Dec 4, 1944
Chris Hillman is born in Los Angeles. A founder of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, he also starts The Desert Rose Band. Lacing breezy harmonies and driving tempos, the group builds a string of hits from 1987-1990 but disbands in 1994
Dec 11, 1944
Brenda Lee is born at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Little Miss Dynamite becomes a major pop artist as a teenager in the 1960s but shifts into country music in the 1970s. She ends up in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997
Dec 16, 1944
Sax player Al Garth is born in Merced, California. In addition to playing on recordings by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Glenn Frey and Dan Fogelberg, he co-writes Lynn Anderson's 1972 hit "Listen To A Country Song" with Jim Messina
Dec 19, 1944
Zal Yanovsky is born in Toronto, Ontario. He co-founds the rock group 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"
Dec 24, 1944
Record executive Mike Curb is born in Savannah, Georgia. Curb produces some of Hank Williams Jr.'s early hits, and founds Curb Records, whose successes include Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Wynonna and Lee Brice
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