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    • Apr 25, 1957
    The reverend Andy Jenkins dies. A member of The Jenkins Family--one of the first country acts to appear on the radio--he wrote Jimmie Rodgers' 1928 release "Ben Dewberry's Final Run"
    May 10, 1957
    Songwriter/producer Carson Chamberlain is born. He plays steel guitar in Keith Whitley's band; writes George Strait's "The Best Day" and Alan Jackson's "Love's Got A Hold On You"; and produces hits for Billy Currington and Easton Corbin
    May 21, 1957
    Songwriter Steven Dale Jones is born. He pens Reba McEntire's "He Gets That From Me," Mindy McCready's "Ten Thousand Angels" and Diamond Rio's "One More Day"
    May 26, 1957
    Rockabilly artist Johnny "Peanuts" Wilson has first solo recording session with producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, after leaving Roy Orbison's band. Wilson will write the country hits "Roses For Mama" and "Love The World Away"
    Jun 7, 1957
    Not too shabby for an afternoon's work: singer/songwriter Don Gibson writes two country classics, "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome Me," at his home in an East Tennessee trailer park
    Jun 23, 1957
    Songwriter Keith Palmer is born in Hyatt, Missouri. He writes Reba McEntire's "For My Broken Heart" and Johnny Rodriguez' "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)"
    Jun 27, 1957
    Tony King is born in North Carolina. A member of the short-lived 1990s trio Matthews, Wright & King, he tours for several years in Vince Gill's band and writes the Ricky Van Shelton hit "I've Cried My Last Tear For You"
    Jul 3, 1957
    Songwriter Frank J. Myers is born in Dayton, Ohio. He builds such credits as John Michael Montgomery's "I Swear," Chris Young's "Tomorrow," Lonestar's "I'm Already There" and Reba McEntire's "One Honest Heart"
    Jul 4, 1957
    Songwriter Woody Mullis is born. He authors George Strait's "Adalida," T. Graham Brown's "Darlene," Montgomery Gentry's "Hillbilly Shoes" and Skip Ewing's "Burnin' A Hole In My Heart," among others
    Jul 6, 1957
    John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet at a church picnic in Liverpool, England, where McCartney writes out the words of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" for Lennon. The two go on to form The Beatles, whose repertoire yields several country hits



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