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Jun 22, 1949

Alan Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. He's the oldest member of the 1970s pop family act The Osmonds, which has a 1982 country hit, "I Think About Your Lovin'." The group provides backing vocals on Conway Twitty's "Heartache Tonight"

Jun 24, 1949

Bass player John Illsley is born in London, England. He joins Dire Straits, which records the original versions of such country hits as Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Bug," John Anderson's "When It Comes To You" and Highway 101's "Setting Me Up"

Jul 2, 1949

Piano player Roy Bittan is born in Rockaway Beach, New York. A longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, he backs Melissa Etheridge when she records "I Will Always Love You" for "Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton"

Jul 3, 1949

Pop singer Johnnie Wilder Jr. is born. He becomes the lead vocalist of Heatwave, out front on the 1977 release "Always And Forever," which Bryan White mentions in his 1996 country hit "That's Another Song"

Jul 4, 1949

Drummer/record producer James Stroud is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He plays on hits by Eddie Rabbitt, Conway Twitty and Eddy Raven, and produces Clint Black, Chris Young, Clay Walker, Toby Keith and Tim McGraw, among others

Jul 15, 1949

Pop record producer Trevor Horn is born in Hertfordshire, England. Noted for his work with Yes, ABC and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, he also produces Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" and LeAnn Rimes' "Can't Fight The Moonlight"

Jul 16, 1949

Keyboard player Bob Wilson is born. He appears with The Earl Scruggs Revue in the 1970s and works as a session musician on records by Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Rusty Kershaw and Tommy Cash

Jul 26, 1949

Drummer Roger Taylor is born in Norfolk, England. He joins Queen, which emerges as a major arena-rock band in the 1970s. The group's single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is remade as a country hit by Dwight Yoakam

Aug 3, 1949

Bass player Morris Dickerson is born in Torrance, California. He joins the R&B band War, co-writing the funk hit "Low Rider," which also gets him credit as a writer on Thomas Rhett's "Vacation," thanks to a similar core instrumental riff

Aug 8, 1949

Singer and actor Keith Carradine is born in San Mateo, California. He writes and sings "I'm Easy," the most successful song from the satirical country music movie "Nashville," winning an Oscar award for his efforts

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