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May 4, 1959
Randy Traywick is born at Memorial Hospital in Monroe, North Carolina. As Randy Travis, his rich baritone is a signature sound in the New Traditionalist movement of the late-1980s, earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Among his hits: "On The Other Hand," "Three Wooden Crosses" and "Forever And Ever, Amen"
May 13, 1959
Songwriter Allen Shamblin is born in Cleveland, Tennessee. He authors Randy Travis' "He Walked On Water," John Michael Montgomery's "Life's A Dance," Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" and Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"
May 20, 1959
Susan Cowsill is born in Newport, Rhode Island. The only daughter in the family pop group The Cowsills, she contributes to a trio of late-'60s hits, including "Indian Lake," which Freddy Weller revamps for country customers in the 1970s
May 26, 1959
Keyboard player Dave Robbins is born in Atlanta, Georgia. A co-writer of Restless Heart's "The Bluest Eyes In Texas," he becomes one-third of the harmony-intensive group BlackHawk, scoring a series of hook-laden hits in the 1990s
Jun 3, 1959
Guitarist Cary Park, of Boy Howdy, is born in Stockton, California. The band develops two hits--"A Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart" and "She'd Give Anything"--before disbanding in 1996
Jun 4, 1959
Guitarist Warner Hodges is born in Wurtzburg, Germany. He joins Jason & The Scorchers, a punkish country band whose speedy version of "Absolutely Sweet Marie" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Jun 14, 1959
Jazz bass player Marcus Miller is born in Brooklyn, New York. Known for his work with Miles Davis, Grover Washington and Luther Vandross, he plays on Toby Keith's 2009 country hit "Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)"
Jun 15, 1959
Singer/songwriter/producer Jeff Stevens is born in Charleston, West Virginia. He produces Luke Bryan and authors such hits as Tim McGraw's "Back When," George Strait's "True" and Tracy Byrd's "Big Love"
Jun 19, 1959
Singer/songwriter Jim Collins is born in Nacogdoches, Texas. He writes Kenny Chesney's "The Good Stuff," Jason Aldean's "Big Green Tractor," Chad Brock's "Yes!" and Thompson Square's "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not," among others
Jun 20, 1959
Guitarist Evelyn Cox is born in Springhill, Louisiana, to Willard Cox. She joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Cox Family, a quartet that makes a major contribution to the multi-platinum soundtrack "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
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