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Mar 8, 1945

Drummer Micky Dolenz is born in Tarzana, California. He sings lead on The Monkees' pop hit "Last Train To Clarksville," cited among country music's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"

Mar 14, 1945

Michael Martin Murphey is born in Oak Cliff, Texas. After registering a major pop hit in 1975 with "Wildfire," he becomes a significant country artist the following decade, eventually transitioning into cowboy music

Mar 23, 1945

Mandolin player David Grisman is born in Passaic, New Jersey. A highly respected acoustic musician, he backs Jerry Garcia on "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)," included on the 1997 album "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute"

Mar 30, 1945

Rock singer, songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton is born in Ripley, England. A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, his "Lay Down Sally" becomes a minor country hit in 1978

Mar 31, 1945

Guitarist Al Nichol is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He becomes a founding member of the Los Angeles band The Turtles, who net a 1967 pop hit with "Happy Together." The song becomes a country hit for T.G. Sheppard in 1978

Apr 1, 1945

Drummer Kenny Buttrey is born in Nashville. He plays on Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville," as well as music by Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Oak Ridge Boys and Hank Locklin, among others

Apr 1, 1945

Drummer John Barbata is born in New Jersey. He replaces original member Don Murray in the pop band The Turtles, appearing on the 1967 hit "Happy Together." The song is remade for the country market in 1978 by T.G. Sheppard

Apr 9, 1945

Gus Hardin is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A tough-voiced club singer, she rises to prominence in the mid-1980s, earning Top 10 releases with "After The Last Goodbye" and a duet with Earl Thomas Conley, "All Tangled Up In Love"

Apr 9, 1945

Con Hunley is born in Luttrell, Tennessee. The R&B-influenced singer nabs 11 Top 20 singles in the late-1970s and early-'80s without cracking the Top 10

Apr 12, 1945

Songwriter Homer Joy is born in Heber Springs, Arkansas. He writes the Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens hit "Streets Of Bakersfield"

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