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    • Nov 27, 1942
    Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle, Washington. The innovative rock guitarist inspires Billy Joel to write the Garth Brooks hit "Shameless" and gets namechecked in Wynonna's "Girls With Guitars"
    Dec 2, 1942
    Drummer Ted Bluechel is born in San Pedro, California. He's a founding member of The Association, noted for the 1967 pop hit "Never My Love." The song is refashioned in 1978 as a country hit by Vern Gosdin
    Dec 9, 1942
    Bass player Rick Danko is born in Simcoe, Ontario. He joins The Band, an acclaimed rock group that tours with Bob Dylan for two years. The Country Music Foundation ranks "Up On Cripple Creek" among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 30, 1942
    Michael Nesmith is born in Houston, Texas. Best known as a member of the pop group The Monkees, he writes "Different Drum," which introduces Linda Ronstadt to the musical landscape
    Jan 8, 1943
    Pop singer Jimmy Elledge is born in Nashville. Discovered by Chet Atkins, he becomes the first performer to earn a hit with the Willie Nelson-written standard "Funny How Time Slips Away"
    Jan 19, 1943
    Drummer Joe Butler is born on Long Island. He joins the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 19, 1943
    Blues-rock singer Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas. Her version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" becomes a major posthumous hit, and her "Piece Of My Heart" is remade in 1994 by Faith Hill as a country hit
    Jan 30, 1943
    Sandy Yaguda, of the pop band Jay & The Americans, is born. The group's 1964 hit "Come A Little Bit Closer" finds new blood in country music in 1977 through a remake by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
    Feb 9, 1943
    R&B singer Barbara Lewis is born in South Lyon, Michigan. She earns a 1965 pop hit with "Baby, I'm Yours," resurrected in country music by Jody Miller six years later
    Feb 24, 1943
    The Beatles' George Harrison is born in Liverpool, England. He writes "Something," a ballad that becomes a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez



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