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Dec 12, 1941
Pop keyboard player Terry Kirkman is born in Salina, Kansas. He becomes a member of the Los Angeles-based group The Association, which scores a 1967 hit with "Never My Love," later a country hit for Vern Gosdin
Jan 16, 1942
Keyboard player Bill Francis is born in Mobile, Alabama. As a member of Dr. Hook, he plays on two pop hits that are later reborn in country music. Bobby Bare remakes "Sylvia's Mother," and Buck Owens retools "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone"
Jan 16, 1942
R&B singer Barbara Lynn Ozen is born in Beaumont, Texas. She earns a 1962 hit with "You'll Lose A Good Thing," revamped as a country hit by Freddy Fender
Feb 9, 1942
Singer/songwriter Carole King is born in Brooklyn, New York. Best known for her 1971 album "Tapestry," she writes several songs that become country hits, including "Time Don't Run Out On Me," "I Can't Stay Mad At You" and "Crying In The Rain"
Feb 28, 1942
Guitarist Brian Jones is born in Cheltenham, England. He becomes a member of The Rolling Stones, whose 1964 recording of "It's All Over Now" is remade by John Anderson in the mid-1980s as a country hit
Mar 9, 1942
Pop singer Mark Lindsay, of Paul Revere & The Raiders, is born in Cambridge, Idaho. He produces fellow Raider Freddy Weller's country hit "Games People Play" in 1969
Mar 25, 1942
Aretha Franklin is born in Memphis, Tennessee. Known as the Queen of Soul, she records the first version of "Do Right Woman - Do Right Man," a Barbara Mandrell country hit that also provides a name for Mandrell's band, The Do-Rites
Apr 2, 1942
Pop artist Leon Russell is born in Lawton, Oklahoma. He joins Willie Nelson on a 1979 remake of "Heartbreak Hotel," and records two country albums under the assumed name Hank Wilson, a hybrid of Hank Williams and Hank Thompson
Apr 3, 1942
Billy Joe Royal is born in Valdosta, Georgia. Best known for his pop hits "Down In The Boondocks" and "Cherry Hill Park," he crafts a half-dozen Top 10 country singles from 1985-1990, including "Tell It Like It Is" and "Love Has No Right"
Apr 12, 1942
Bass player Larry Ramos is born in Waimea, Hawaii. He joins the Los Angeles pop band The Association in 1967, just in time to sing on "Never My Love." The song is remade as a country hit 11 years later by Vern Gosdin
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