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Jun 16, 1941
R&B songwriter Lamont Dozier is born in Detroit, Michigan. He co-writes such Motown classics as "Baby Love," "Heat Wave," "I Can't Help Myself" and "You Can't Hurry Love," covered by The Dixie Chicks for the 1999 movie "Runaway Bride"
Jun 30, 1941
Songwriter Larry Henley is born in Arp, Texas. He sings falsetto lead for the '60s pop group, The Newbeats, and writes "The Wind Beneath My Wings," by Gary Morris; "Lizzie And The Rainman," by Tanya Tucker; and "Is It Still Over?" by Randy Travis
Jul 4, 1941
Pop singer/songwriter Dick Addrisi is born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He forms The Addrisi Brothers with sibling Don, and the pair writes The Association's "Never My Love." Vern Gosdin turns the song into a country hit in 1978
Aug 2, 1941
Songwriter Homer Banks is born in Memphis. He pens the soul hits "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" and "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend," which are remade for country by Barbara Mandrell and The Oak Ridge Boys, respectively
Aug 5, 1941
Songwriter Daniel Moore is born in Walla Walla, Washington. He co-writes "My Maria" with B.W. Stevenson, eventually watching Brooks & Dunn earn a country hit with the song in 1996
Aug 10, 1941
Songwriter Larry Kingston is born in Lafayette, Indiana. He authors such hits as Roy Clark's "Thank God And Greyhound," Johnny Paycheck's "The Lovin' Machine," Ed Bruce's "If It Was Easy" and The Kendalls' "Pittsburgh Stealers"
Sep 9, 1941
Otis Redding is born in Dawson, Georgia. The soul singer's song "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" is re-recorded as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Sep 11, 1941
R&B songwriter Raymond Jackson is born. A major contributor to artists on the Stax label, he lands songs on the country chart as the author of Barbara Mandrell's "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" and The Oak Ridge Boys' "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend"
Sep 21, 1941
Dickey Lee is born in Memphis. After a 1962 pop hit with "Patches," he notches such '70s country hits as "Rocky" and "9,999,999 Tears." He also writes George Jones' "She Thinks I Still Care," George Strait's "Let's Fall To Pieces Together" and John Schneider's "I've Been Around Enough To Know"
Oct 5, 1941
Tenor Wally Lester is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a member of the 1950s doo-wop group The Skyliners, he's credited as a co-writer on "Since I Don't Have You," which becomes a country hit for Ronnie Milsap in 1991
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