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    • Jul 13, 1942
    R&B singer Jay Uzzell is born in LaGrange, North Carolina. He becomes a member of The Corsairs, who earn a 1961 pop hit with "Smoky Places." It's remade for the country audience in 1969 by Billy Walker
    Jul 25, 1942
    Guitarist Bruce Woodley is born in Melbourne, Australia. As a member of The Seekers, he has a hand in two pop singles that are remade for the country genre by Sonny James: "I'll Never Find Another You" and "A World Of Our Own"
    Aug 1, 1942
    Jerry Garcia is born in San Francisco, California. A member of The Grateful Dead, he records "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)" for the 1997 album "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute"
    Aug 7, 1942
    B.J. Thomas is born in Hugo, Oklahoma. Primarily a pop artist, he succeeds in country with 1975's "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" and four more Top 10 singles in 1983-1984
    Aug 8, 1942
    Drummer Jay David is born in Union City, New Jersey. He joins Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, whose early-'70s pop hits "Sylvia's Mother" and "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone" are remade in country by Bobby Bare and Buck Owens, respectively
    Aug 16, 1942
    R&B singer Robert "Squirrel" Lester is born in McComb, Mississippi. He's a member of The Chi-Lites when the group records the 1972 pop hit "Oh Girl," which becomes a country hit 10 years later for Con Hunley
    Aug 24, 1942
    Baritone singer Marshall Thompson is born in Chicago. As a member of the vocal group The Chi-Lites, he takes part in the 1972 R&B hit "Oh Girl," interpreted as a country hit by Con Hunley in 1982
    Sep 4, 1942
    Merald "Bubba" Knight, of Gladys Knight & The Pips, is born in Atlanta. The Pips have a pop hit with "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)" at the same time Bob Luman has a country version. The Pips also remake Ray Price's "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"
    Oct 1, 1942
    R&B vocalist Herb Fame is born in Washington, D.C. He makes up one-half of Peaches & Herb, whose signature ballad, "Reunited," is remade as a country hit by Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon in 1979
    Nov 7, 1942
    Pop artist Johnny Rivers is born in New York. Two of his 1960s singles are remade as country hits during the 1980s, as Charley Pride scores with "Mountain Of Love" and Joe Stampley re-visits "The Poor Side Of Town"



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