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    • Apr 21, 1945
    R&B singer Robert Knight is born in Franklin, Tennessee. In 1967, he records the first hit version of "Everlasting Love," which succeeds in country music a dozen years later after a recording by Narvel Felts
    Apr 22, 1945
    Guitarist Pat Enright is born in Huntington, Indiana. He becomes a founding member of The Nashville Bluegrass Band and is also a part of the fictitious Soggy Bottom Boys, providing harmonies on the award-winning "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
    Apr 24, 1945
    Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist Doug Clifford is born in Palo Alto, California. The rock band's song "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 25, 1945
    Stu Cook is born in Oakland, California. Cook plays bass in the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, and later plays with country's Southern Pacific, who mix smooth harmonies with brisk backbeats in "The Perfect Stranger" and "New Shade Of Blue"
    May 1, 1945
    Songwriter and keyboard player Carson Whitsett is born in Jackson, Mississippi. Noted for his work with the R&B label Malaco, he writes the Lorrie Morgan hit "Dear Me" and John Anderson's "Mississippi Moon"
    May 2, 1945
    Singer/songwriter R.C. Bannon is born in Dallas. He goes on to marry Louise Mandrell, and writes Ronnie Milsap's "Only One Love In My Life," Barbara Mandrell's "One Of A Kind Pair Of Fools" and Louise's "Save Me"
    May 6, 1945
    Bob Seger is born in Dearborn, Michigan. A noted rock musician, Seger gains a minor country hit with "Shame On The Moon." He also writes "We've Got Tonight," covered by Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
    May 6, 1945
    Singer/songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore is born in Amarillo, Texas. He earns critical acclaim for sensitive writing, delivered with a twangy vocal presence, and becomes a significant cog in The Flatlanders
    May 16, 1945
    Songwriter Nicky Chinn is born in London. Known for such pop hits as The Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," Suzi Quatro's "Stumblin' In" and Exile's "Kiss You All Over," he also co-writes Randy Barlow's 1979 country hit "Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone"
    May 23, 1945
    Misty Morgan is born in Buffalo, New York. She teams with husband Jack Blanchard in 1970 to create a #1 hit with a novelty, "Tennessee Bird Walk"



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