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Jun 2, 1944
Movie composer Marvin Hamlisch is born in New York City. His song "The Entertainer" provides the vehicle for a Chet Atkins Grammy nomination
Jun 21, 1944
Singer/songwriter Kenny O'Dell is born in Antlers, Oklahoma. A 1996 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he earns a Top 10 single as an artist with "Let's Shake Hands And Come Out Lovin'," and pens Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors," Tanya Tucker's "Lizzie And The Rainman" and The Judds' "Mama He's Crazy"
Jun 25, 1944
Songwriter Mike Dekle is born in Panama City, Florida. He authors Kenny Rogers' "Scarlet Fever," Joe Nichols' "Size Matters (Someday)" and Brantley Gilbert's "Country Must Be Country Wide"
Aug 7, 1944
Kerry Chater is born in Vancouver, British Columbia. After playing bass with Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, he becomes a country songwriter, penning such titles as "I.O.U.," "I Know A Heartache When I See One" and "You Look So Good In Love"
Aug 21, 1944
Singer/songwriter Jackie DeShannon is born in Hazel, Kentucky. Known for her pop hits "What The World Needs Now Is Love" and "Put A Little Love In Your Heart," she nets a country hit when Pam Tillis remakes her song "When You Walk In The Room"
Sep 29, 1944
Film and TV composer Mike Post is born in Los Angeles. The creator of the themes to "Hill Street Blues" and "The Rockford Files," he also produces several Dolly Parton hits, including "But You Know I Love You" and "Tennessee Homesick Blues"
Oct 4, 1944
Songwriter Larry Collins is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His credits include Tanya Tucker's "Pecos Promenade" and "Delta Dawn," and David Frizzell & Shelly West's "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
Oct 25, 1944
Kathy Nivert is born in Washington, D.C. Under the name Taffy Danoff, she writes John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)." She also founds The Starland Vocal Band, whose pop hit "Afternoon Delight" is remade as a country single by Johnny Carver
Nov 8, 1944
Bonnie Bramlett is born in Acton, Illinois. As one-half of Delaney & Bonnie, she sings on the 1971 pop hit "Never Ending Song Of Love," remade in country music the same year by Dickey Lee. She also joins Earl Scruggs on a 1975 anniversary album
Nov 10, 1944
Lyricist Tim Rice is born in Amersham, England. Noted for his work with Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, he also co-writes "Written In The Stars," a song from "Aida" which LeAnn Rimes records in a 1999 duet with Elton John
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