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Mar 24, 1948
Harmonica player Lee Oskar is born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He joins the R&B group War, playing a key instrumental riff in the 1975 single "Low Rider." That riff gets him co-writing credit on Thomas Rhett's country single "Vacation"
Apr 4, 1948
Drummer Pick Withers is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He joins rock band Dire Straits, appearing on its 1978 debut album, which features the original version of the future Highway 101 country hit "Setting Me Up"
Aug 20, 1948
Rock singer Robert Plant is born in Birmingham, England. The vocalist for hard-rock pioneers Led Zeppelin, he joins Alison Krauss on a Grammy-winning Top 5 country album, 2007's "Raising Sand"
Sep 26, 1948
Olivia Newton-John is born in Cambridge, England. Raised in Australia, the pop singer begins her career with country-tinged recordings, gaining her a Country Music Association award as Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974
Oct 9, 1948
Pop singer/songwriter Jackson Browne is born in Heidelberg, West Germany. An original member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, he co-writes "Take It Easy," which becomes the first hit for The Eagles
Nov 3, 1948
"To Sir With Love" singer Lulu is born in Glasgow, Scotland. She's the future wife of "Islands In The Stream" songwriter Maurice Gibb, of The Bee Gees
Nov 16, 1948
Songwriter/producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange is born in Mufilira, Rhodesia. Noted for his work with AC/DC, Foreigner and Def Leppard, he marries Shania Twain and helps her write and develop some of the best-selling albums in country music history
Dec 3, 1948
Heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne is born in Birmingham, England. The Black Sabbath icon records a solo anthem, "Crazy Train," which gets mentioned in Dierks Bentley's 2012 hit "5-1-5-0"
Feb 10, 1949
Drummer Nigel Olsson is born in Merseyside, England. A longtime member of Elton John's band, he also appears as a backing vocalist on Earl Thomas Conley's "Nobody Falls Like A Fool"
Mar 12, 1949
Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins is born in Swansea, Wales. After his career with the pop/rock band, he backs Bonnie Tyler on the country crossover hit "It's A Heartache"
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