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Aug 4, 1963

Songwriter Craig Wiseman is born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His credits include Kenny Chesney's "Summertime," Blake Shelton's "Boys 'Round Here," Florida Georgia Line's "Anything Goes" and Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying"

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"

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 16, 1963

Singer/guitarist Keith Burns is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He becomes one-third of Trick Pony, who emerge as one of the 21st century's first party bands behind such hits as "Pour Me" and "Just What I Do"

Feb 3, 1964

Singer/songwriter Matraca Berg is born in Nashville. She writes Deana Carter's "Strawberry Wine," Reba McEntire's "The Last One To Know," Martina McBride's "Wild Angels" and Kenny Chesney's "You And Tequila," among others

Feb 5, 1964

Bass player Duff McKagan is born in Seattle, Washington. Added to the hard-rock band Guns N' Roses in 1985, he co-writes and plays on the group's signature single "Sweet Child O' Mine." Guns will be namechecked in Keith Urban's "Wasted Time" and Thomas Rhett's "T-Shirt"

Feb 24, 1964

Singer/songwriter Chris Austin is born in Boone, North Carolina. Ricky Skaggs earns a hit with Austin's "Same Ol' Love," though it comes after the songwriter's death in a plane crash involving the members of Reba McEntire's band

Mar 6, 1964

Skip Ewing is born in Redlands, California. After several hits as a recording artist in the late-1980s, he scores his biggest successes as a songwriter. Among his titles: Collin Raye's "Love, Me," Diamond Rio's "I Believe," Kenny Chesney's "Me And You" and Randy Travis' "If I Didn't Have You"

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