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    • Sep 26, 1954
    Guitarist Cesar Rosas is born in Hermosillo, Mexico. He joins the Los Angeles band Los Lobos, whose "Will The Wolf Survive?" is ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 6, 1954
    Guitarist David Hidalgo is born in Los Angeles. As a founding member of Los Lobos, he will co-write "Will The Wolf Survive," a country hit for Waylon Jennings
    Mar 2, 1955
    Jay Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. With four brothers, he forms The Osmonds, a pop family group that succeeds in the '70s, then shifts into country, getting a hit with "I Think About Your Lovin'." They back Conway Twitty on "Heartache Tonight"
    Mar 31, 1955
    Songwriter/guitarist Angus Young is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He co-founds the rock band AC/DC, namechecked in Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"
    Apr 13, 1955
    Bass player Louis Johnson is born in Los Angeles. A member of the R&B group The Brothers Johnson, he contributes to Bill Anderson's country-disco hit "I Can't Wait Any Longer" and T.G. Sheppard's "I'll Be Coming Back For More"
    May 21, 1955
    Drummer Stan Lynch is born in Gainesville, Florida. A member of Tom Petty's band, The Heartbreakers, he co-writes Tim McGraw's 2004 country hit "Back When"
    Jun 7, 1955
    Pop singer Joey Scarbury is born in Ontario, California. Best known for the 1981 hit "Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not)," he provides background vocals on albums by Dolly Parton, Michael Martin Murphey and Kenny Rogers. Scarbury also co-writes The Oak Ridge Boys' 1990 hit "No Matter How High"
    Jul 4, 1955
    Pop singer John Waite is born in Lancaster, England. A frontman for The Babys and Bad English, he scores his biggest solo hit with 1984's "Missing You," remade 15 years later as a minor country hit by Brooks & Dunn
    Sep 14, 1955
    Sax player Steve Berlin is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He joins the East Los Angeles band Los Lobos in the early-1980s, producing "Will The Wolf Survive?," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Nov 23, 1955
    Bruce Hornsby is born in Williamsburg, Virginia. The singer and piano player mixes jazz and pop in a lengthy career, but also contributes to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's million-selling country project, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. II" and records bluegrass with Ricky Skaggs



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