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    • Aug 4, 1940
    Timi Yuro is born in Chicago, Illinois. She earns a pop hit in 1961 with "Hurt," which goes on to re-surface as a country hit for both Elvis Presley and Juice Newton
    Aug 10, 1940
    The Righteous Brothers' Bobby Hatfield is born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Hatfield's rendition of "Unchained Melody" is covered as a country hit by Elvis Presley, while The Oak Ridge Boys remake the Righteous hit "Dream On"
    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"
    Sep 19, 1940
    The Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley is born in Santa Ana, California. The duo's "Unchained Melody" is covered as a country hit by Elvis Presley, while The Oak Ridge Boys remake their hit "Dream On." Medley has a brief country solo career, nominated for Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music in 1985
    Sep 26, 1940
    Bass vocalist Creadel "Red" Jones is born in St. Louis, Missouri. As a member of The Chi-Lites, he takes part in the 1972 pop hit "Oh Girl," revamped 10 years later as a Con Hunley country hit
    Sep 30, 1940
    Drummer Dewey Martin is born in Chesterville, Ontario. He becomes a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, a pioneering group in the development of country-rock
    Oct 9, 1940
    John Lennon is born at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital in Liverpool, England. Several Beatles songs will be remade as country hits, including "Something," "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" and "I Feel Fine"
    Oct 21, 1940
    R&B singer/songwriter Jimmy Beaumont is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A member of the doo-wop era vocal group The Skyliners, he co-writes "Since I Don't Have You," which Ronnie Milsap remakes as a country hit in 1991
    Nov 4, 1940
    Blues-rock singer Delbert McClinton is born in Lubbock, Texas. McClinton teams with Tanya Tucker on the 1993 duet "Tell Me About It" and writes Emmylou Harris' 1978 hit "Two More Bottles Of Wine"
    Nov 28, 1940
    Clem Curtis is born in Trinidad. He's the original lead singer of The Foundations, whose pop hit "Baby, Now That I've Found You" is covered as a Grammy-winning single by Alison Krauss in 1995



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