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Mar 17, 1943
Songwriter Jim Weatherly is born in Pontotoc, Mississippi. His credits include: Ray Price's "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me," Bob Luman's "Neither One Of Us" and Glen Campbell's "A Lady Like You"
Mar 18, 1943
Songwriter Dennis Linde is born in Abilene, Texas. His credits include Elvis Presley's "Burning Love," Eddy Raven's "I'm Gonna Get You," Mark Chesnutt's "Bubba Shot The Jukebox" and Gary Morris' "The Love She Found In Me"
Apr 4, 1943
Singer/songwriter Ann J. Morton is born in Muldrow, Oklahoma. The sister of Jim Mundy, she charts numerous times during the 1970s and '80s without gaining a bona fide hit. She also writes Hank Thompson's 1972 hit "I've Come Awful Close"
May 10, 1943
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Otha Young is born in Tulare, California. A musical compadre of Juice Newton, he takes part in many of her recordings and writes "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" and The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Thing"
May 15, 1943
R&B songwriter/producer Freddie Perren is born in Jersey City, New Jersey. A couple of his songs are remade as country hits: "I Will Survive," by Billie Jo Spears; and "Reunited," by Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon
May 31, 1943
Songwriter Wayne Carson is born in Denver. He pens Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Gary Stewart's "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)," Conway Twitty's "The Clown" and The Box Tops' "The Letter"
Jun 1, 1943
Pop songwriter Tom Bahler is born in Los Angeles. He writes Cher's "Living In A House Divided" and Michael Jackson's "She's Out Of My Life." Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke do a country version of the latter song, re-titling it "He's Out Of My Life"
Jun 14, 1943
Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is born in Center Star, Alabama. A pop songwriter who pens "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby," he also writes two Freddy Weller successes, plus "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers," a country hit twice, for Bob Luman and Steve Wariner
Jul 12, 1943
Singer/songwriter Christine McVie is born in Birmingham, England. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she writes the group's 1975 hit "Say You Love Me," which finds its way into country music four years later as a remake by Stephanie Winslow
Jul 23, 1943
Tony Joe White is born in Oak Grove, Louisiana. Best known for his southern-fried pop hit "Polk Salad Annie," he writes "Rainy Night In Georgia," a country hit for Hank Williams Jr., and the last song that Conway Twitty records before his death
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