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    • Nov 24, 1950
    Drummer Robert Burns is born in Jacksonville, Florida. As a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, he plays on "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 12, 1951
    Pop guitarist Larry Hoppen is born in Greenpoint, New York. As a member of Orleans, he contributes to the 1976 pop hit "Still The One," covered by Bill Anderson in country music. He also co-writes The Oak Ridge Boys' 1986 hit "Juliet"
    Feb 21, 1951
    Keyboard player Vince Welnick is born in Phoenix. He joins the jam band The Grateful Dead in 1973, more than 20 years before the group is mentioned in the lyrics of Lonestar's "No News"
    Mar 21, 1951
    Bass player Conrad Lozano is born in Los Angeles. He joins Los Lobos, a Tex-Mex band whose 1985 record "Will The Wolf Survive?" ranks among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 1, 1951
    Pop singer Henry Gross, best known for his 1976 hit "Shannon," is born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1969, he co-founds the '50s revival group Sha Na Na. In 1996, he nets a country hit as a songwriter on BlackHawk's "Big Guitar"
    Apr 7, 1951
    Pop singer/songwriter Janis Ian is born in New York. Best known for her recordings "Society's Child" and "At Seventeen," she gains a country hit as a songwriter when she co-writes the 1988 Judy Rodman single "I Want A Love Like That"
    Apr 8, 1951
    Bass player Mel Schacher is born in Owosso, Michigan. As a member of Grand Funk, he plays on the 1973 hit "We're An American Band," referenced in the lyrics of The Eli Young Band country hit "Always The Love Songs"
    Apr 8, 1951
    Singer/songwriter Jim Photoglo is born in Los Angeles. Following a career as a pop artist, he moves to Nashville, where he pens Alabama's "Hometown Honeymoon" and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Fishin' In The Dark"
    Apr 27, 1951
    Paul "Ace" Frehley is born in New York. He becomes the space-garbed guitarist for Kiss, a rock band that influences Garth Brooks' concert performances. Brooks remakes the group's "Hard Luck Woman" for a 1993 tribute album, "Kiss My Ass"
    Jun 17, 1951
    Pop singer Lenny LeBlanc is born in Leominster, Massachusetts. As a member of the duo LeBlanc & Carr, he's part of the 1977 hit "Falling." He also writes Sawyer Brown's 1996 country hit "Treat Her Right"



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