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Dec 4, 1951
Guitarist Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. In his teens, he becomes a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose "Sweet Home Alabama" receives billing in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 all-time greatest singles
Feb 26, 1952
Singer/songwriter Chris Wall is born in Los Angeles, California. He writes Confederate Railroad's "Trashy Women"
Feb 26, 1952
Songwriter Gary Burr is born in Meriden, Connecticut. Among his credits: Conway Twitty's "That's My Job," Patty Loveless' "I Try To Think About Elvis," LeAnn Rimes' "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense" and Tim McGraw's "Can't Be Really Gone"
Apr 23, 1952
Pop keyboard player Jay Gruska is born in New York City. He writes "Both To Each Other (Friends & Lovers)," a 1986 country hit for Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton at the same time it's a pop hit for Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson
Jun 10, 1952
Thom Schuyler is born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He writes Kenny Rogers' "Love Will Turn You Around," Lacy J. Dalton's "16th Avenue" and Eddie Rabbitt's "I Don't Know Where To Start" before joining Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet. He also serves as the head of RCA's country division
Jun 19, 1952
Singer/songwriter Bobby Borchers is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He earns a Top 10 single as an artist in 1977 with "Cheap Perfume And Candlelight," and also writes Johnny Paycheck's "I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)" and Tanya Tucker's "Texas (When I Die)"
Jul 12, 1952
Keyboard player Randy McCormick is born in Rogersville, Alabama. He co-writes Eddie Rabbitt's "Suspicions" and Conway Twitty's "Crazy In Love," and plays on singles by George Strait, Ricky Van Shelton and Kenny Chesney, among others
Jul 30, 1952
Songwriter Dennis Morgan is born in Tracy, Minnesota. Among his long line of hits: Ronnie Milsap's "Smoky Mountain Rain," George Strait's "River Of Love," Sylvia's "Nobody" and Barbara Mandrell's "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
Aug 20, 1952
Singer/songwriter John Hiatt is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He writes such country hits as The Desert Rose Band's "She Don't Love Nobody," Suzy Bogguss' "Drive South" and Rosanne Cash's "The Way We Make A Broken Heart"
Aug 29, 1952
Songwriter Don Schlitz is born in Durham, North Carolina. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017, his hits include Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler," Randy Travis' "Forever And Ever, Amen," Keith Whitley's "When You Say Nothing At All" and Mary Chapin Carpenter's "I Feel Lucky," among many others
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