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    • Nov 14, 1939
    Singer/songwriter Jim Gilreath is born in Prairie, Mississippi. He writes and records his only Top 40 pop hit, 1963's "Little Band Of Gold," which provides Sonny James with a country hit a dozen years later
    Nov 19, 1939
    Bass vocalist Warren "Pete" Moore is born in Detroit. He joins the Motown act The Miracles, whose songs "The Tracks Of My Tears" and "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" become country hits for Linda Ronstadt and Mickey Gilley, respectively
    Nov 24, 1939
    Guitarist Jim Yester is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He's a founding member of the 1960s pop group The Association, which nabs a hit with "Never My Love." Vern Gosdin turns it into a country success in 1978
    Dec 11, 1939
    David Gates is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The lead singer of the pop band Bread, he arranges Merle Haggard's hit "Sing Me Back Home" and produces an album for Billy Dean. Joe Stampley remakes Gates' song "Everything I Own" as a country hit
    Dec 15, 1939
    Cindy Birdsong is born in New Jersey. In 1967, she replaces Florence Ballard in The Supremes, singing on the 1969 single "Someday We'll Be Together," which is eventually re-recorded by Bill Anderson & Jan Howard
    Jan 5, 1940
    Bass player Athol Guy is born in Melbourne, Australia. He becomes a founding member of The Seekers, who record two pop hits destined to become country covers for Sonny James: "I'll Never Find Another You" and "A World Of Our Own"
    Jan 16, 1940
    R&B singer George Wooten is born in LaGrange, North Carolina. He joins with local friends the Uzzell Brothers to form The Corsairs, whose 1961 pop hit "Smoky Places" is reworked for the country charts in 1969 by Billy Walker
    Feb 17, 1940
    Gene Pitney is born in Hartford, Connecticut. The pop singer, known for his 1960 hit "Only Love Can Break A Heart," records with George Jones and Melba Montgomery, and writes Rick Nelson's "Hello Mary Lou," covered by The Statler Brothers in 1985
    Feb 19, 1940
    Bobby Rogers is born in Detroit. He backs Motown vocalist Smokey Robinson as a member of The Miracles. Their song "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" eventually becomes a country hit for Mickey Gilley
    Feb 19, 1940
    William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, Michigan. Two songs he writes for his Motown group The Miracles become country hits as well: "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" for Mickey Gilley, and "The Tracks Of My Tears" for Linda Ronstadt



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