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Sep 6, 1963

Singer/songwriter Mark Luna is born. He writes Lee Roy Parnell's "When A Woman Loves A Man," and provides background vocals on Lari White's "That's My Baby" and Chad Brock's "Yes!"

Sep 8, 1963

Songwriter Gary Baker is born in Niagara Falls, New York. His successes include John Michael Montgomery's "I Swear," Reba McEntire's "One Honest Heart," Lonestar's "I'm Already There" and Alabama's "Once Upon A Lifetime"

Sep 16, 1963

Pop singer/songwriter Richard Marx is born in Chicago. He makes waves in country music by producing Emerson Drive and co-writing the Keith Urban hits "Better Life," "Everybody" and "Long Hot Summer"

Sep 19, 1963

Jeff Bates is born in Bunker Hill, Mississippi. With a voice reminiscent of Conway Twitty, he nabs a Top 10 hit in 2003 with "The Love Song"

Sep 25, 1963

Keyboard player Billy Welch is born in Greenwich, Connecticut. After playing in the road bands of Trace Adkins, Julie Reeves and Mindy McCready, he joins the group Rushlow, which gains a hit with its 2003 debut single "I Can't Be Your Friend"

Sep 30, 1963

Eddie Montgomery is born in Lancaster, Kentucky. He joins Troy Gentry to form the Southern rock-tinged Montgomery Gentry, winning Vocal Duo of the Year honors from the Country Music Association in 2000. The duo joins the Grand Ole Opry in 2009

Nov 1, 1963

Singer/songwriter Kenny Alphin is born at the Culpeper County Hospital in Culpeper, Virginia. As Big Kenny, he co-writes hits for Tim McGraw, Gretchen Wilson and Jason Aldean, and founds Big & Rich, a boundary-pushing duo that collects hits with "Lost In This Moment," "Comin' To Your City" and "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)"

Nov 1, 1963

Drummer Rick Allen is born in Dronfield, England. An original member of the rock band Def Leppard, he plays on the 1987 hit "Pour Some Sugar On Me." The title is slipped into the lyrics of Keith Urban's 2019 country hit "We Were"

Nov 7, 1963

Robin Lee is born in Nashville, Tennessee. She begins charting in 1983 with the independent Evergreen label, scoring a hit in 1990 for the newly-formed Atlantic country division with a remake of Alannah Myles' pop hit "Black Velvet"

Nov 13, 1963

Record producer Frank Liddell is born in Houston. Married to Lee Ann Womack, he oversees sessions for Miranda Lambert, David Nail and Pistol Annies, among others

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