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Mar 2, 1940
Country singer Harvie June Van is born in Monterey, Tennessee. She becomes the first wife of songwriter/producer Bob Ferguson, known for his work with Connie Smith, Jim Ed Brown and Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
Mar 17, 1940
Doris Duckworth is born in Plant City, Florida. She will marry country singer/songwriter Mel Tillis and become mother to Pam Tillis and songwriter Sonny Tillis
Apr 2, 1940
After a noisy courtroom drama that included Bob Wills shouting at his own attorney, the annulment of his marriage to Mary Lou Wills is set aside. She is less than four months from bearing him a daughter
Jun 18, 1940
Scott Young marries Rassy Ragland in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The union produces a son, Neil Young, who writes two country hits: Linda Ronstadt's "Love Is A Rose" and Waylon Jennings' "Are You Ready For The Country"
Jun 27, 1940
Hoagy and Ruth Carmichael have a son, Randy Bob Carmichael, in Los Angeles. Dad is the author of the future Willie Nelson hit "Georgia On My Mind"
Jun 29, 1940
Harold Breau and Rita Cote are married, eventually becoming the duo Lone Pine & Betty Cody. She achieves one solo hit during her career: 1953's "I Found Out More Than You'll Ever Know"
Jul 25, 1940
Eight months after an annulment had been granted to a pregnant Mary Louise Wills, she gives Bob Wills a daughter, Rosetta Wills, born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Aug 4, 1940
Bob Luman's future wife, Barbara, is born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Aug 17, 1940
Pop pianist Buddy Cole marries Yvonne King. He's destined to play on at least two country hits with not-so-blissful marital themes: Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely's "Slipping Around" and The King Sisters' "Divorce Me C.O.D."
Sep 6, 1940
Singer/songwriter Yvonne Burgess is born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. Better known as Jackie Trent, she marries pop songwriter/producer Tony Hatch in 1967. Three years later, his "My Love" becomes a country hit for Sonny James
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