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May 21, 1955
Drummer Stan Lynch is born in Gainesville, Florida. A member of Tom Petty's band, The Heartbreakers, he co-writes Tim McGraw's 2004 country hit "Back When"
May 24, 1955
Rosanne Cash is born in Memphis, Tennessee. The daughter of Johnny Cash, she infuses pop and rock influences in her own progressive recording career beginning in the late-1970s, winning a Grammy for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"
May 24, 1955
Producer, engineer and mixer David Leonard is born. He works with Barenaked Ladies, Dwight Yoakam and Ty Herndon and produces John Hiatt for the soundtrack of "Where The Heart Is"
Jun 6, 1955
Curtis Wright is born in Huntington, Pennsylvania. A member of Vern Gosdin's band in the late-1980s, he becomes a backing vocalist on hits by Tim McGraw, Randy Travis and Darryl Worley. He also writes Ronnie Milsap's "A Woman In Love," Clay Walker's "What's It To You" and Shenandoah's "Next To You, Next To Me"
Jun 7, 1955
Pop singer Joey Scarbury is born in Ontario, California. Best known for the 1981 hit "Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not)," he provides background vocals on albums by Dolly Parton, Michael Martin Murphey and Kenny Rogers. Scarbury also co-writes The Oak Ridge Boys' 1990 hit "No Matter How High"
Jun 11, 1955
Mike Daly, of The Gibson/Miller Band, is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He plays steel guitar on both of the act's early-'90s albums. The band wins the Academy of Country Music's Top New Group or Duo honor in 1994 but breaks up later that year
Jul 1, 1955
Keith Whitley is born in Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Married to Lorrie Morgan in 1986, his rich vocals dot some of the most expressive singles of the late-1980s, although his career is shortened when he dies from alcohol poisoning in 1989. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022
Jul 4, 1955
Pop singer John Waite is born in Lancaster, England. A frontman for The Babys and Bad English, he scores his biggest solo hit with 1984's "Missing You," remade 15 years later as a minor country hit by Brooks & Dunn
Jul 10, 1955
Songwriter Stan Munsey is born in Eaton, Pennsylvania. He authors the Tim McGraw hit "All I Want Is A Life"
Jul 15, 1955
Record producer Chuck Howard is born. Howard produces such hits as Billy Dean's "Somewhere In My Broken Heart," LeAnn Rimes' "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" and John Berry's "Your Love Amazes Me"
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