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Sep 16, 1952

Bobby Randall is born in Midland, Michigan. He becomes guitarist for Sawyer Brown, performing on such hits as "Step That Step" and "This Missin' You Heart Of Mine." Randall leaves the band in February 1991

Sep 17, 1952

Steve Sanders is born in Richland, Georgia. In 1987, he replaces William Lee Golden in The Oak Ridge Boys, taking the soulful lead on such singles as "Gonna Take A Lot Of River" and "Beyond Those Years" prior to Golden's return in 1995

Sep 21, 1952

Kenneth Trebbe is born in Topeka, Kansas. Under the name Kenny Starr, he has a 1975 country hit with "The Blind Man In The Bleachers." The song is simultaneously a pop hit for David Geddes

Sep 28, 1952

Dulcimer player David Schnaufer is born in Hearne, Texas. He appears on Kathy Mattea's 1988 hit "Life As We Knew It" plus Alison Krauss' "You Will Be My Ain True Love," from the movie "Cold Mountain"

Oct 2, 1952

Shelia Shipley Biddy is born in Scottsville, Kentucky. In 1993, she becomes the first woman named to head a major country label when MCA re-activates Decca

Oct 18, 1952

Drummer Keith Knudsen is born in Ames, Iowa. He goes on to become a member of rock music's Doobie Brothers and country music's Southern Pacific

Oct 19, 1952

Charlie Chase is born in Rogersville, Tennessee. Teamed with Lorianne Crook, he becomes a significant TV personality promoting country music, best known for the syndicated show "Crook & Chase"

Oct 21, 1952

Keyboard player Brent Mydland is born in Munich, Germany. He joins the rock band The Grateful Dead in 1979. The group will be referenced in the 1996 Lonestar country hit "No News"

Oct 22, 1952

R&B singer Carl Carlton is born in Detroit, Michigan. He earns a 1974 hit with the Nashville-originated "Everlasting Love," which becomes a country hit five years later for Narvel Felts

Oct 24, 1952

Mark Gray is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Briefly a member of Exile, he pens Janie Fricke's "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and Alabama's "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get." Gray also records three 1984 solo hits and a duet hit with Tammy Wynette, "Sometimes When We Touch"

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