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Feb 23, 1948

Merle Travis has a son, Tom Bresh, in Hollywood. Bresh nets his own hit in 1976 with "Home Made Love"

Mar 2, 1948

Guitarist Larry Carlton is born in Torrance, California. In addition to numerous solo albums, he does a ton of session work for the likes of Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson. He also backs Johnny Lee on the 1980 hit "Lookin' For Love"

Mar 6, 1948

Peter McCann is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Best known as the artist on the 1977 pop hit "Do You Wanna Make Love," he also writes the Jennifer Warnes single "Right Time Of The Night," Earl Thomas Conley's "Nobody Falls Like A Fool" and Janie Fricke's "She's Single Again"

Mar 9, 1948

Drummer and singer Jimmie Fadden is born in Long Beach, California. A member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, he plays on all three volumes of the "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" albums and a bevy of 1980s country hits

Mar 12, 1948

Singer/songwriter James Taylor is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He writes George Jones' 1978 single "Bartender's Blues" and wins a country Grammy for "How's The World Treating You," a 2003 collaboration with Alison Krauss

Mar 24, 1948

Harmonica player Lee Oskar is born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He joins the R&B group War, playing a key instrumental riff in the 1975 single "Low Rider." That riff gets him co-writing credit on Thomas Rhett's country single "Vacation"

Mar 26, 1948

Steven Tallarico is born in New York, New York. As Steven Tyler, he sings lead on Aerosmith's 1998 pop hit "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," which Mark Chesnutt immediately re-constructs as a country hit

Mar 28, 1948

Gerry House is born in Covington, Kentucky. The morning show host for WSIX-FM in Nashville, House doubles as a songwriter, writing Reba McEntire's "Little Rock," George Strait's "The Big One" and Pam Tillis' "The River And The Highway"

Apr 4, 1948

Drummer Pick Withers is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He joins rock band Dire Straits, appearing on its 1978 debut album, which features the original version of the future Highway 101 country hit "Setting Me Up"

Apr 4, 1948

Bass player Berry Oakley is born in Chicago, Illinois. He's an early member of The Allman Brothers Band, a Southern rock outfit mentioned in the lyrics of Conway Twitty's 1978 hit "Boogie Grass Band"

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