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    • Aug 11, 1949
    Eric Carmen is born in Cleveland, Ohio. A member of the pop band The Raspberries, he develops a successful solo career and writes Louise Mandrell's country hit "Maybe My Baby." Jamie O'Neal performs his "All By Myself" in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
    Aug 12, 1949
    Mark Knopfler is born in London. The Dire Straits guitarist shares Grammys with Chet Atkins, and writes "The Bug," by Mary Chapin Carpenter; "Setting Me Up," by Highway 101; and "When It Comes To You," by John Anderson
    Aug 25, 1949
    Bass player Gene Simmons is born in Haifa, Israel. He becomes the blood-spitting member of Kiss, a rock band that influences Garth Brooks' concerts. Brooks records the band's "Hard Luck Woman" for a 1994 tribute album, "Kiss My Ass"
    Aug 26, 1949
    Pop performer Bob Cowsill is born. He becomes one of seven members in the family group The Cowsills, the prototype for TV's "The Partridge Family." The group scores a 1968 hit with "Indian Lake," remade for the country charts by Freddy Weller
    Sep 7, 1949
    Disco singer Gloria Gaynor is born in Newark, New Jersey. She is permanently recognized for the 1979 anthem "I Will Survive," refashioned for the country charts by Billie Jo Spears
    Sep 14, 1949
    Guitarist Ed King is born in Glendale, California. After a stint in The Strawberry Alarm Clock, he joins Lynyrd Skynyrd, playing on "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among the 500 greatest country singles in history
    Sep 14, 1949
    Guitarist Steve Gaines is born in Seneca, Missouri. He joins Lynyrd Skynyrd after the band recorded "Sweet Home Alabama," but dies in a landmark plane crash in 1977. The band becomes an influence on numerous country artists
    Sep 23, 1949
    Bruce Springsteen is born at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in Long Branch, New Jersey. He earns a country hit as a songwriter with Mel McDaniel's "Stand On It." His "Atlantic City" is named among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 3, 1949
    Guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham is born in Palo Alto, California. He joins Fleetwood Mac, which has two songs remade as country hits: "Say You Love Me," by Stephanie Winslow; and "Landslide," by The Dixie Chicks
    Oct 5, 1949
    Pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born in Dallas. His initials taken from the nickname "Buck Wheat," Stevenson grabs a Top 10 hit in 1973 with "My Maria," which Brooks & Dunn tackle for the country genre in 1996



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