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    • Apr 22, 1940
    Songwriter Ray Griff is born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He pens Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton's "You Better Move It On Home," Gene Watson's "Where Love Begins" and Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke's "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"
    Apr 30, 1940
    Singer/songwriter Darrell McCall is born in New Jasper, Ohio. He writes Hank Williams Jr.'s 1972 hit "Eleven Roses" and plays on several Ray Price hits, including "Night Life," "Pride" and "Make The World Go Away"
    May 10, 1940
    R&B singer Arthur Alexander is born in Florence, Alabama. A couple of his songs become country hits in the hands of other artists: "Everyday I Have To Cry Some," by Joe Stampley; and "You Better Move On," by Billy "Crash" Craddock
    May 19, 1940
    Songwriter Mickey Newbury is born in Houston. He writes "I Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye," by Johnny Rodriguez; "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," by Kenny Rogers; and "An American Trilogy," by Elvis Presley
    Jun 29, 1940
    Pop songwriter L. Russell Brown is born in Newark, New Jersey. He collects hits in the country charts when Johnny Carver records "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree," and when Billy "Crash" Craddock cuts "Knock Three Times" and "'Til The Water Stops Runnin'"
    Jul 26, 1940
    Lawrence Brown is born in Simonton, Texas. Under the stage name Dobie Gray, he nets a million-selling pop single in 1973 with "Drift Away" and writes John Conlee's 1986 country hit "Got My Heart Set On You"
    Aug 5, 1940
    Songwriter Bobby Braddock is born in Auburndale, Florida. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he writes such hits as George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," Billy Currington's "People Are Crazy," Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Toby Keith's "I Wanna Talk About Me"
    Aug 6, 1940
    Canadian singer/songwriter Myrna Lorrie is born in Fort William, Ontario. She teams with Buddy DeVal for the 1955 duet "Are You Mine." Their country hit is also covered by Red Sovine and Goldie Hill
    Aug 19, 1940
    Songwriter Roger Cook is born in Bristol, England. Known for such pop hits as "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" and "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)," he also writes Don Williams' "I Believe In You," Crystal Gayle's "Livin' In These Troubles Times" and George Strait's "One Night At A Time"
    Sep 6, 1940
    Singer/songwriter Yvonne Burgess is born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. Better known as Jackie Trent, she marries pop songwriter/producer Tony Hatch in 1967. Three years later, his "My Love" becomes a country hit for Sonny James



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