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    • Aug 29, 1947
    Vocalist and guitarist David Jenkins is born. After a stint with the '70s pop band Pablo Cruise, he joins Southern Pacific in 1986, leaving the band in early-1989. He returns during the next decade to Pablo Cruise
    Sep 1, 1947
    Barry Gibb is born in Manchester, England. With two brothers, he founds the pop act The Bee Gees. They write Olivia Newton-John's "Come On Over," Conway Twitty's "Rest Your Love On Me" and Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream"
    Sep 21, 1947
    Guitarist Don Felder is born in Gainesville, Florida. With their third album, he joins The Eagles, one of the influential acts in the development of country-rock. They gain a country hit with "Lyin' Eyes" and are saluted with the 1993 album "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
    Oct 5, 1947
    Rock vocalist Brian Johnson is born in Gateshead, England. In 1980, he joins AC/DC following the death of Bon Scott, subsequently singing lead on "Back In Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long." AC/DC gets mentioned in the lyrics of Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"
    Oct 16, 1947
    Guitarist Bob Weir is born in San Francisco. He becomes a founding member of the hippie band The Grateful Dead. The group will be namechecked in the 1996 Lonestar country hit "No News"
    Nov 13, 1947
    J.C. Crowley is born in Houston, Texas. A member of the pop group Player, best known for its 1977 hit "Baby Come Back," he builds a short solo career in country music, gaining a minor hit in 1988 with "Paint The Town And Hang The Moon Tonight"
    Nov 13, 1947
    Southern rock guitarist Toy Caldwell is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As a member of The Marshall Tucker Band, he writes "Can't You See," a country hit in 1976 for Waylon Jennings
    Nov 20, 1947
    Rock guitarist Joe Walsh is born in Wichita, Kansas. After working in The James Gang and as a solo artist, he joins the country-rock band The Eagles. The band is honored in a 1993 tribute album, "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
    Dec 5, 1947
    Jim Messina is born in Maywood, California. He becomes a founding member of two major country-rock bands, Buffalo Springfield and Poco, and later joins Kenny Loggins in Loggins & Messina. Messina writes Lynn Anderson's "Listen To A Country Song"
    Dec 8, 1947
    Gregg Allman, of The Allman Brothers Band, is born in Nashville. The southern-rock singer and keyboard player will write "Midnight Rider," remade as a 1980 country hit by Willie Nelson



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