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Jun 17, 1954

Gospel singer Deborah McCrary is born. As a member of The McCrary Sisters, she contributes to the backing vocal sound on Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" and Maren Morris' "My Church"

Jun 25, 1954

Keyboard player David Paich is born in Los Angeles. Best known as a member of the rock band Toto, he also appears as a supporting musician on the Glen Campbell hits "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights"

Jun 28, 1954

Ava Barber is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She earns a minor hit with "Bucket To The South" in 1978 while a regular on "The Lawrence Welk Show"

Jul 10, 1954

Songwriter/producer Robert Byrne is born in Detroit, Michigan. Among his credits: Earl Thomas Conley's "What I'd Say," Shenandoah's "Two Dozen Roses," Ronnie Milsap's "How Do I Turn You On" and The Forester Sisters' "Men"

Jul 13, 1954

Louise Mandrell is born in Corpus Christi, Texas. Barbara Mandrell's sister collects five solo hits in the 1980s, including "Save Me" and "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet." She also adds backing vocals on Merle Haggard's "Always Wanting You"

Jul 18, 1954

Guitarist/vocalist Mark Jones is born in Harlan, Kentucky. In 1989, he joins Exile, contributing to the group's latter-day hits "Nobody's Talking" and "Yet"

Jul 18, 1954

Ricky Skaggs is born in Cordell, Kentucky. Centered in bluegrass, he leads a swing toward traditional country in the early-1980s, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1982 and taking the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018

Jul 26, 1954

Songwriter Mary Beth Anderson is born in Nyack, New York. She writes Gary Stewart's 1976 hit "Your Place Or Mine"

Jul 28, 1954

Randy Cornor is born in Houston, Texas. He gains the only hit of his career with his 1974 release of an Eddy Raven song, "Sometimes I Talk In My Sleep"

Aug 12, 1954

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is born in Lee's Summit, Missouri. He eventually becomes a Grammy nominee in the country genre

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