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    • Apr 20, 1948

    Rock keyboard player Craig Frost is born in Flint, Michigan. He joins Grand Funk in 1972 and appears on "We're An American Band," referenced in The Eli Young Band country hit "Always The Love Songs"

    Apr 21, 1948
    Paul Davis is born in Meridian, Mississippi. Following a pop career, he sings on country hits with Marie Osmond, Tanya Tucker and Paul Overstreet, and writes such hits as "Down To My Last Teardrop," "Bop" and "Just Another Love"
    May 22, 1948
    Southern-rock vocalist Doug Gray is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He becomes a member of The Marshall Tucker Band, who earn a country Grammy nomination in 1977 for their single "Long Hard Ride"
    May 26, 1948
    Stevie Nicks is born in Phoenix, Arizona. She joins the pop group Fleetwood Mac, whose self-titled 1975 album includes her composition "Landslide." The song becomes a country hit for The Dixie Chicks in 2002
    Jul 19, 1948
    Keyboard player Keith Godchaux is born in Seattle. In 1971, he joins the psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead; 25 years later, the group is threaded into the lyrics of Lonestar's country hit "No News"
    Jul 23, 1948
    Singer/songwriter John Hall is born in Baltimore, Maryland. As a member of the pop band Orleans, he writes the group's biggest single, "Still The One," which Bill Anderson remakes as a country hit in 1976
    Jul 25, 1948
    Singer/songwriter Steve Goodman is born in Chicago. The folk performer is best known for writing "You Never Even Called Me By My Name," by David Allan Coe; and "City Of New Orleans," an Arlo Guthrie pop hit remade by Willie Nelson
    Aug 5, 1948
    Bass player David Hungate is born in Troy, Missouri. After a run as a member of the rock band Toto, he becomes a Nashville session player, working on country hits by George Strait, Shania Twain, Reba McEntire and Conway Twitty
    Aug 20, 1948
    Rock singer Robert Plant is born in Birmingham, England. The vocalist for hard-rock pioneers Led Zeppelin, he joins Alison Krauss on a Grammy-winning Top 5 country album, 2007's "Raising Sand"
    Sep 3, 1948
    Grand Funk drummer Don Brewer is born in Flint, Michigan. He authors the rock classic "We're An American Band," referenced in The Eli Young Band's 2009 country hit "Always The Love Songs"



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