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Sep 25, 1947

Bass player Richard Shook is born in Little Rock. He will spend seven years as a member of Jerry Reed's band, playing on a handful of hits, including the "Smokey & The Bandit" song "East Bound And Down"

Sep 26, 1947

Bass player Bob Wray is born. He appears on such hits as Conway Twitty's "Slow Hand," Dan Seals' "You Still Move Me," Hal Ketchum's "Small Town Saturday Night" and Kathy Mattea's "Come From The Heart"

Sep 26, 1947

Lynn Anderson is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The daughter of songwriters Liz and Casey Anderson, she achieves more than 15 hit singles from 1967-1983 with the million-selling "Rose Garden" emerging as her signature song

Sep 28, 1947

Ronnie Reno is born in Buffalo, South Carolina. He plays guitar on several Merle Haggard records, including "If We Make It Through December," "Ramblin' Fever" and "It's All In The Movies," before forming a bluegrass band, The Reno Brothers

Oct 5, 1947

Rock vocalist Brian Johnson is born in Gateshead, England. In 1980, he joins AC/DC following the death of Bon Scott, subsequently singing lead on "Back In Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long." AC/DC gets mentioned in the lyrics of Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"

Oct 16, 1947

Guitarist Bob Weir is born in San Francisco. He becomes a founding member of the hippie band The Grateful Dead. The group will be namechecked in the 1996 Lonestar country hit "No News"

Oct 30, 1947

The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit is born in Sacramento, California. He replaces Randy Meisner in the group in time to play on the 1979 album "The Long Run." The band is celebrated with the 1993 tribute album "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"

Nov 10, 1947

Songwriter Dave Loggins is born in Mountain City, Tennessee. He joins Anne Murray as an artist on "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do." His writing credits include Alabama's "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')," Wynonna's "She Is His Only Need," Gary Morris' "I'll Never Stop Loving You" and Restless Heart's "Fast Movin' Train"

Nov 10, 1947

Songwriter Allee Willis is born. She authors pop hits by Pet Shop Boys, The Pointer Sisters and Earth, Wind & Fire, as well as Crystal Gayle's country hit "The Blue Side"

Nov 13, 1947

J.C. Crowley is born in Houston, Texas. A member of the pop group Player, best known for its 1977 hit "Baby Come Back," he builds a short solo career in country music, gaining a minor hit in 1988 with "Paint The Town And Hang The Moon Tonight"

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