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    • Oct 24, 1952
    Mark Gray is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Briefly a member of Exile, he pens Janie Fricke's "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and Alabama's "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get." Gray also records three 1984 solo hits and a duet hit with Tammy Wynette, "Sometimes When We Touch"
    Dec 27, 1952
    Karla Bonoff is born in Los Angeles. The pop singer/songwriter is best known for her 1982 single "Personally," remade as a country hit by Ronnie McDowell. Bonoff also writes Lynn Anderson's "Isn't It Always Love" and Wynonna's "Tell Me Why"
    Jan 6, 1953
    Songwriter/guitarist Malcolm Young is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He becomes a founding member of the hard-rock band AC/DC, referenced in Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"
    Jan 26, 1953
    Lucinda Williams is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her laidback snapshots of Southern life make her a significant figure in the alt.country movement. She also writes Mary Chapin Carpenter's mainstream-country hit "Passionate Kisses"
    Jan 27, 1953
    Songwriter Tom Douglas is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He authors such hits as Lady Antebellum's "I Run To You," Chris Janson's "Drunk Girl," Keith Urban and Eric Church's "Raise 'Em Up" and Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"
    Feb 12, 1953
    Songwriter Taylor Rhodes is born in Nashville. He plays drums for The Earl Scruggs Revue for two years in the late-1970s before going on to write pop hits for Aerosmith and Celine Dion
    Mar 5, 1953
    Singer/songwriter Aaron Barker is born in Texas. Barker writes such George Strait hits as "Baby Blue," "Easy Come, Easy Go" and "Love Without End, Amen," plus Lonestar's "What About Now" and Clay Walker's "You're Beginning To Get To Me"
    Apr 9, 1953
    Singer/songwriter Hal Ketchum is born in Greenwich, New York. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1994 on the back of such melodic singles as "Small Town Saturday Night," "Past The Point Of Rescue" and "Sure Love"
    Apr 28, 1953
    Fred Knobloch is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He earns hits as a solo artist and as a member of Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet during the 1980s. He also writes George Strait's "Meanwhile" and Lorrie Morgan's "Back In Your Arms Again"
    May 1, 1953
    Pop songwriter and producer Glen Ballard is born in Natchez, Mississippi. Known for his work with Alanis Morissette and Wilson Phillips, he also co-writes the George Strait country hit "You Look So Good In Love"



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