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    • 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
    May 11, 1941
    Pop and rock singer Eric Burdon is born in Tyneside, England. He becomes the lead singer of The Animals, whose signature song, "The House Of The Rising Sun," becomes a Dolly Parton country hit in 1981
    May 13, 1941
    Ritchie Valens is born in Pacoima, California. The Latin rock & roll singer, who records the original version of "La Bamba," dies in the plane crash that kills Buddy Holly. Waylon Jennings gives up his seat on that same flight to The Big Bopper
    May 24, 1941
    Robert Zimmerman, the future Bob Dylan, is born at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. The singer/songwriter pens several country hits, including "It Ain't Me, Babe," "You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "To Make You Feel My Love"
    Jun 2, 1941
    Drummer Charlie Watts is born in Neasden, Great Britain. He joins The Rolling Stones, a legendary rock & roll band whose 1964 single "It's All Over Now" is remade by John Anderson in 1985 as a country hit
    Jun 2, 1941
    Gladys Knight & The Pips' William Guest is born in Atlanta. They remake Ray Price's "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" and get a hit with "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)" while Bob Luman has a hit country version
    Jun 15, 1941
    Harry Nelson III is born in Brooklyn, New York. Under the name Nilsson, he becomes a significant pop singer/songwriter, although he does not write his biggest hit, 1971's "Without You." T.G. Sheppard has a minor country hit by covering the song
    Jun 23, 1941
    Multi-instrumentalist Robert Hunter is born in San Luis Obispo, California. He joins the rock band The Grateful Dead in September 1967. The Dead is referenced in the lyrics of Lonestar's 1996 hit "No News"
    Jun 30, 1941
    Songwriter Larry Henley is born in Arp, Texas. He sings falsetto lead for the '60s pop group, The Newbeats, and writes "The Wind Beneath My Wings," by Gary Morris; "Lizzie And The Rainman," by Tanya Tucker; and "Is It Still Over?" by Randy Travis
    Jul 4, 1941
    Pop singer/songwriter Dick Addrisi is born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He forms The Addrisi Brothers with sibling Don, and the pair writes The Association's "Never My Love." Vern Gosdin turns the song into a country hit in 1978



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