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    • Mar 30, 1945
    Rock singer, songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton is born in Ripley, England. A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, his "Lay Down Sally" becomes a minor country hit in 1978
    Apr 1, 1945
    American forces begin the three-month World War II battle for Okinawa. Among the servicemen is teenager Jerry Clower
    Apr 20, 1945
    World War II reporter Ernie Pyle is buried in Okinawa, Japan. Accompanying the ceremony is Roy Acuff's recording "Great Speckled Bird"
    Apr 28, 1945
    Deposed dictator Benito Mussolini is hung in Mezzegra, Italy, in the closing days of World War II. Just months earlier, his name had appeared in the lyrics of a hillbilly hit: Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water"
    Apr 30, 1945
    With World War II coming to a perceptible end, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin with a shot to the head. Three years earlier, he was recognized in the title of Carson Robison's topical country hit "Mussolini's Letter To Hitler"
    May 2, 1945
    Bianca Perez is born in Managua, Nicaragua. She marries Mick Jagger in 1971, two years after he sang lead on "Honky Tonk Women," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 16, 1945
    Songwriter Nicky Chinn is born in London. Known for such pop hits as The Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," Suzi Quatro's "Stumblin' In" and Exile's "Kiss You All Over," he also co-writes Randy Barlow's 1979 country hit "Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone"
    Jun 20, 1945
    Anne Murray is born in Springhill, Nova Scotia. Her warm, easy-going vocals snare a number of pop-slanted successes from 1970-1986, including "Snowbird," "You Needed Me," "Shadows In The Moonlight" and "A Little Good News"
    Aug 4, 1945
    While on a USO tour of the Pacific, Gene Autry has drinks with General Roger Ramey, just two days before Ramey oversees the atomic bomb's use on Hiroshima
    Aug 6, 1945
    The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, using uranium manufactured in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The town's name is later bestowed on The Oak Ridge Boys. The World War II event helps inspire The Buchanan Brothers' country hit "Atomic Power"



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