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Jun 11, 1949
Drummer Frank Beard is born in Frankston, Texas. He joins blues-rock trio ZZ Top, which influences a number of country artists, and becomes the subject of a 2002 tribute album, "Sharp Dressed Man"
Jun 13, 1949
Dennis Locorriere is born in Union City, New Jersey. A founding member of the pop group Dr. Hook, he provides backing vocals on a handful of Travis Tritt hits, including "Country Club" and "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
Jun 20, 1949
Lionel Richie is born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Primarily a pop recording artist, he earns a country hit when Alabama backs him on "Deep River Woman," produces several Kenny Rogers hits and has a #1 country album with "Tuskegee"
Jun 22, 1949
Alan Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. He's the oldest member of the 1970s pop family act The Osmonds, which has a 1982 country hit, "I Think About Your Lovin'." The group provides backing vocals on Conway Twitty's "Heartache Tonight"
Jun 24, 1949
Bass player John Illsley is born in London, England. He joins Dire Straits, which records the original versions of such country hits as Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Bug," John Anderson's "When It Comes To You" and Highway 101's "Setting Me Up"
Jul 2, 1949
Piano player Roy Bittan is born in Rockaway Beach, New York. A longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, he backs Melissa Etheridge when she records "I Will Always Love You" for "Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton"
Jul 3, 1949
Pop singer Johnnie Wilder Jr. is born. He becomes the lead vocalist of Heatwave, out front on the 1977 release "Always And Forever," which Bryan White mentions in his 1996 country hit "That's Another Song"
Jul 26, 1949
Drummer Roger Taylor is born in Norfolk, England. He joins Queen, which emerges as a major arena-rock band in the 1970s. The group's single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is remade as a country hit by Dwight Yoakam
Aug 3, 1949
Bass player Morris Dickerson is born in Torrance, California. He joins the R&B band War, co-writing the funk hit "Low Rider," which also gets him credit as a writer on Thomas Rhett's "Vacation," thanks to a similar core instrumental riff
Aug 8, 1949
Singer and actor Keith Carradine is born in San Mateo, California. He writes and sings "I'm Easy," the most successful song from the satirical country music movie "Nashville," winning an Oscar award for his efforts
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