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Sep 7, 1954
Keyboard player Benmont Tench is born in Gainesville, Florida. A member of Tom Petty's band, The Heartbreakers, he writes Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You" and Hal Ketchum's "Stay Forever," and plays on country recordings by Travis Tritt, Johnny Cash and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sep 7, 1954
Singer/songwriter Craig Bickhardt is born in Pennsylvania. He replaces Paul Overstreet in Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet in 1987, but also writes Pam Tillis' "In Between Dances," The Judds' "Turn It Loose" and Kathy Mattea's "You're The Power"
Sep 29, 1954
Songwriter Nancy Montgomery is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She pens Eddy Raven's "I Wanna Hear It From You," The McCarters' "The Gift" and Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White's "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This"
Dec 1, 1954
Fred Rose dies in Nashville of a heart attack. Rose founded Acuff-Rose Publishing with Roy Acuff, produced Hank Williams and wrote "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain." He is one of the first inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Dec 13, 1954
John Anderson is born in Orlando, Florida. Borrowing vocally from Lefty Frizzell, he earns the Country Music Association's Horizon award in 1983 and nets hits with "Swingin'," "Money In The Bank" and "Straight Tequila Night"
Dec 20, 1954
Songwriter Marc Beeson is born in Champaign, Illinois. He authors Restless Heart's "When She Cries," Billy Currington's "We Are Tonight," Blake Shelton's "She's Got A Way With Words" and Pat Green's "Let Me," among others
Dec 25, 1954
Steve Wariner is born in Noblesville, Indiana. The singer/songwriter/guitarist arrives in Nashville as Dottie West's bass player at age 17, ultimately recording more than 30 Top 10 hits as an artist. He will be inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Dec 31, 1954
Singer/songwriter Charlie Major is born in Aylmer, Quebec. The Canadian star writes Ricky Van Shelton's 1992 hit "Backroads"
Jan 17, 1955
Singer/songwriter Steve Earle is born at the Army hospital in Fort Monroe, Virginia. His gritty 1986 album "Guitar Town" subsequently becomes an influential signpost for the alt-country movement
Feb 18, 1955
Congress authorizes president Dwight Eisenhower to award a gold medal to songwriter Irving Berlin. Among Berlin's compositions is "Blue Skies," which becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1978
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