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Aug 4, 1940
Keyboard player Larry Knechtel is born in Bell, California. A member of the 1970s pop band Bread, he also develops a successful career as a session musician, working on tracks by Paul Simon, Sting, Elvis Presley and The Chicks, plus the Dolly Parton blockbuster "9 To 5"
Aug 10, 1940
Record producer/guitarist Jerry Kennedy is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He oversees such hits as Reba McEntire's "Can't Even Get The Blues," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," Tom T. Hall's "I Love" and The Statler Brothers' "Elizabeth"
Aug 11, 1940
Jazz sax player Peter King is born in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England. In 1978, he provides backing vocals on Bonnie Tyler's crossover hit "It's A Heartache"
Aug 18, 1940
Bryan Bowers is born in Yorktown, Virginia. He plays autoharp on Emmylou Harris' 1980 remake of the Simon & Garfunkel classic "The Boxer"
Sep 16, 1940
Multi-instrumentalist John Sommers is born in Los Angeles. He becomes a member of John Denver's band in the early-1970s, playing on such hits as "Back Home Again" and "I'm Sorry." He also writes Denver's "Thank God I'm A Country Boy"
Jan 3, 1941
Keyboard player Jeff Gutcheon is born in New York City. In addition to working with Maria Muldaur and John Sebastian, he helps create the Fats Waller Broadway revue "Ain't Misbehavin'" and plays on Willie Nelson's country hit "Uncloudy Day"
Jan 25, 1941
Songwriter/keyboard player Bobby Wood is born near New Albany, Mississippi. He authors Crystal Gayle's "Half The Way" and Ronnie Milsap's "He Got You," and plays on Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Garth Brooks' "The Dance" and Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain"
Feb 4, 1941
Drummer John Steel is born in Gateshead, England. As a member of the rock band The Animals, he takes part in the best-known recording of "The House Of The Rising Sun." That song becomes a country hit in 1981 through a cover by Dolly Parton
Mar 28, 1941
Session musician Charlie McCoy is born in Oak Hill, West Virginia. A versatile instrumentalist, he plays on classics by George Jones, Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison and others on his way to 2009 entry in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Apr 19, 1941
Organ player Alan Price, of The Animals, is born in County Durham, England. The band earns its signature hit by remaking the blues title "House Of The Rising Sun." Dolly Parton re-casts it as a country recording in 1981
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