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    • Jan 3, 1955
    Bass player Corky Holbrook is born in Ashland, Kentucky. He plays on Billy Ray Cyrus' hits, including "Achy Breaky Heart," "Could've Been Me" and "Some Gave All"
    Jan 4, 1955
    Kathy Forester, of The Forester Sisters, is born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The Foresters emerge as a rare all-female harmony group in 1985, and the quartet scores 15 hits in the next six years
    Jan 6, 1955
    Judy Bailey is born in Winchester, Kentucky. She appears as a duet vocalist on Moe Bandy's 1980 hit "Following The Feeling"
    Jan 17, 1955
    Singer/songwriter Steve Earle is born at the Army hospital in Fort Monroe, Virginia. His gritty 1986 album "Guitar Town" subsequently becomes an influential signpost for the alt-country movement
    Jan 27, 1955
    Cheryl White, of The Whites, is born in Wichita Falls, Texas. The family trio earns bluegrass-influenced hits with "Hangin' Around," "You Put The Blue In Me" and "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling." They join the Grand Ole Opry in 1984
    Jan 27, 1955
    Rhythm guitarist Richard Young, of The Kentucky HeadHunters, is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. The rock-influenced band wins the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year honor in 1990 and '91
    Mar 2, 1955
    Jay Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. With four brothers, he forms The Osmonds, a pop family group that succeeds in the '70s, then shifts into country, getting a hit with "I Think About Your Lovin'." They back Conway Twitty on "Heartache Tonight"
    Mar 11, 1955
    Jimmy Fortune is born in Nelson County, Virginia. He replaces Lew DeWitt in The Statler Brothers in 1982, writing their hits "Elizabeth" and "My Only Love." The Statlers enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
    Mar 17, 1955
    Paul Overstreet is born in Antioch, Mississippi. The singer/songwriter is a member of Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet before going solo. He also writes numerous hits for others, including "On The Other Hand" and "Forever And Ever, Amen"
    Mar 22, 1955
    James House is born in Sacramento, California. A songwriter on Diamond Rio's "In A Week Or Two," Martina McBride's "A Broken Wing" and Dwight Yoakam's "Ain't That Lonely Yet," he earns a hit of his own in 1995 with "This Is Me Missing You"



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