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    • Jan 24, 1941
    Pop singer Neil Diamond is born in Brooklyn. He writes several country hits: Glen Campbell's "Sunflower," T.G. Sheppard's "Solitary Man" and Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius' "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
    Jan 25, 1941
    Songwriter/keyboard player Bobby Wood is born near New Albany, Mississippi. He authors Crystal Gayle's "Half The Way" and Ronnie Milsap's "He Got You," and plays on Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Garth Brooks' "The Dance" and Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain"
    Feb 6, 1941
    Songwriter Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery is born in Wayne County, Tennessee. His credits include Emmylou Harris' "One Of These Days," Tanya Tucker's "What's Your Mama's Name" and George Jones & Tammy Wynette's "We're Gonna Hold On"
    Feb 15, 1941
    Songwriter Jim Vest is born in Huntsville, Alabama. He writes Billie Jo Spears' 1977 hit "I'm Not Easy"
    Feb 15, 1941
    Motown songwriter Brian Holland is born in Detroit. With a hand in such classics as "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "Heat Wave" and "Nowhere To Run," his "You Can't Hurry Love" is revisited by The Dixie Chicks for the "Runaway Bride" soundtrack
    Feb 20, 1941
    Folk singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is born on the Piapot Reservation in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. She writes Bobby Bare's 1967 country hit "The Piney Wood Hills"
    Mar 18, 1941
    R&B singer Wilson Pickett is born in Prattville, Alabama. His 1965 classic "In The Midnight Hour" is remade as a country recording in 1984 by Razzy Bailey
    Mar 20, 1941
    Singer/songwriter Mike Settle is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A member of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, he writes "But You Know I Love You," which becomes a hit for the band, for Bill Anderson and for Dolly Parton
    Mar 20, 1941
    Singer/songwriter Nick Nixon is born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Signed to Mercury and MCA during the 1970s, he earns his biggest success as a co-writer on Barbara Fairchild's 1973 hit "Teddy Bear Song"
    Mar 24, 1941
    Songwriter Michael Masser is born in Chicago. Best known for pop hits performed by Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and Roberta Flack, he also writes Crystal Gayle's "A Long And Lasting Love" and Dottie West's "Last Time I Saw Him"



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