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    • Aug 16, 1939
    Singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver is born in Corsicana, Texas. His writing credits include Waylon Jennings' "You Ask Me To," Johnny Rodriguez's "I Couldn't Be Me Without You" and John Anderson's "I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)"
    Sep 5, 1939
    John Stewart is born in San Diego. A member of The Kingston Trio from 1961-1967, he writes Rosanne Cash's "Runaway Train" and Anne Murray's "Daydream Believer"
    Sep 29, 1939
    Songwriter/producer Tommy Boyce is born in Charlottesville, Virginia. Most closely associated with The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville" and "Valleri," he also pens the Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke country hit "Come A Little Bit Closer"
    Oct 27, 1939
    Songwriter Dallas Frazier is born in Spiro, Oklahoma. A 1976 addition to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he writes The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira," Patty Loveless' "If My Heart Had Windows" and Gene Watson's "Fourteen Carat Mind," among others
    Oct 30, 1939
    Motown songwriter Eddie Holland is born in Detroit. A prolific writer who authors "Heat Wave," "Baby Love" and "Jimmy Mack," among others, his song "You Can't Hurry Love" is covered by The Dixie Chicks for the "Runaway Bride" soundtrack
    Nov 14, 1939
    Singer/songwriter Jim Gilreath is born in Prairie, Mississippi. He writes and records his only Top 40 pop hit, 1963's "Little Band Of Gold," which provides Sonny James with a country hit a dozen years later
    Nov 17, 1939
    Songwriter and record executive Eddie Reeves is born in Austin, Texas. He pens the Kenny Rogers & Dottie West duet "All I Ever Need Is You" and the Tompall & The Glaser Brothers hit "Rings"
    Nov 27, 1939
    Songwriter Buzz Cason is born in Nashville. Best known for writing the pop-R&B classic "Everlasting Love," he also pens Martina McBride's "Love's The Only House"
    Dec 5, 1939
    Songwriter Frank Dycus is born in Hardmoney, Kentucky. He writes the George Strait hits "Unwound" and "Marina Del Rey," Mark Chesnutt's "Gonna Get A Life," and the George Jones single "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair," among others
    Dec 18, 1939
    Songwriter Sandy Mason is born in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. She authors Crystal Gayle's "When I Dream" and Garth Brooks' "Two Pina Coladas"



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