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    • Jun 6, 1947
    Terry Williams is born in Swansea, Wales. He joins Kenny Rogers & The First Edition and later sings on a number of Rogers' solo hits, including "I Don't Need You," "Morning Desire" and "Love Will Turn You Around"
    Jun 21, 1947
    Bass player Tom Evans is born in Liverpool, England. He joins the pop band Badfinger and co-writes the Nilsson pop hit "Without You." T.G. Sheppard remakes it for the country audience in 1983
    Jul 19, 1947
    Guitarist Brian May is born in Hampton, England. He becomes a founding member of Queen, appearing on the 1980 pop hit "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," later revamped for the country audience by Dwight Yoakam
    Aug 23, 1947
    Folk singer Linda Pettifer is born in Glasgow, Scotland. After marrying fellow artist Richard Thompson, she becomes better known as Linda Thompson, writing the Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris hit "Telling Me Lies"
    Sep 1, 1947
    Barry Gibb is born in Manchester, England. With two brothers, he founds the pop act The Bee Gees. They write Olivia Newton-John's "Come On Over," Conway Twitty's "Rest Your Love On Me" and Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream"
    Sep 17, 1947
    Bass player Abraham Laboriel is born in Mexico City, Mexico. Noted for his work with such pop artists as Lionel Richie, George Benson and Al Jarreau, he also appears on a pair of Clint Black hits
    Oct 5, 1947
    Rock vocalist Brian Johnson is born in Gateshead, England. In 1980, he joins AC/DC following the death of Bon Scott, subsequently singing lead on "Back In Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long." AC/DC gets mentioned in the lyrics of Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"
    Dec 2, 1947
    Hank Snow begins what prove to be his final Canadian sessions before his career shifts into the U.S., at the Victor Studio in Montreal
    Dec 30, 1947
    Jeff Lynne is born in Birmingham, England. The leader of the pop group the Electric Light Orchestra, he makes an appearance on the country chart in 1989 as the producer and co-writer of Roy Orbison's "You Got It"
    Jan 17, 1948
    Guitarist Mick Taylor is born in Hereford, England. His first session with The Rolling Stones yields "Honky Tonk Women," considered one of country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"



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