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    • Dec 10, 1947
    Drummer Walter "Clyde" Orange is born in Florida. The percussionist becomes a member of The Commodores, a 1970s R&B group whose ballad "Three Times A Lady" is eventually re-recorded as a country hit by Conway Twitty
    Dec 30, 1947
    Jeff Lynne is born in Birmingham, England. The leader of the pop group the Electric Light Orchestra, he makes an appearance on the country chart in 1989 as the producer and co-writer of Roy Orbison's "You Got It"
    Jan 7, 1948
    Kenny Loggins is born in Everett, Washington. A cousin of songwriter Dave Loggins, Kenny records with country music's Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and writes Anne Murray's country hits "Danny's Song" and "Love Song"
    Jan 9, 1948
    Pop singer Billy Cowsill, of The Cowsills, is born in Middletown, Rhode Island. The group, best known for its 1967 hit "The Rain, The Park & Other Things," scores a year later with "Indian Lake," which will be remade as a country hit by Freddy Weller
    Jan 17, 1948
    Guitarist Mick Taylor is born in Hereford, England. His first session with The Rolling Stones yields "Honky Tonk Women," considered one of country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 23, 1948
    Anita Pointer, of The Pointer Sisters, is born in Oakland, California. She joins Earl Thomas Conley on the 1986 hit "Too Many Times," while The Pointer Sisters claim a country Grammy for their 1974 single "Fairytale"
    Mar 12, 1948
    Singer/songwriter James Taylor is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He writes George Jones' 1978 single "Bartender's Blues" and wins a country Grammy for "How's The World Treating You," a 2003 collaboration with Alison Krauss
    Mar 24, 1948
    Harmonica player Lee Oskar is born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He joins the R&B group War, playing a key instrumental riff in the 1975 single "Low Rider." That riff gets him co-writing credit on Thomas Rhett's country single "Vacation"
    Mar 26, 1948
    Steven Tallarico is born in New York, New York. As Steven Tyler, he sings lead on Aerosmith's 1998 pop hit "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," which Mark Chesnutt immediately re-constructs as a country hit
    Apr 4, 1948
    Drummer Pick Withers is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He joins rock band Dire Straits, appearing on its 1978 debut album, which features the original version of the future Highway 101 country hit "Setting Me Up"



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