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Feb 24, 1960
Songwriter Don Sampson is born at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He authors Brad Paisley's "Waitin' On A Woman," Alan Jackson's "Midnight In Montgomery" and Gary Allan's "Tough Little Boys"
Mar 23, 1960
"Time Don't Run Out On Me" songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin welcome a daughter, Louise Goffin, in Brooklyn, New York
Apr 6, 1960
Guitarist Warren Haynes is born in Asheville, North Carolina. A member of The Allman Brothers Band and a founder of Gov't Mule, he co-writes the Garth Brooks hit "Two Of A Kind, Working On A Full House"
Jun 6, 1960
Songwriter Harlan Howard arrives in Nashville with wife Jan Howard, after moving from Los Angeles. She becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He writes hits for Buck Owens, The Judds, Reba McEntire and others
Jun 9, 1960
Broadway composer Cole Porter, co-writer of the 1945 country hit "Don't Fence Me In," receives an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut
Jun 10, 1960
Songwriter Wynn Varble is born in Atlanta. Among his credits are Brad Paisley's "Waitin' On A Woman," Easton Corbin's "A Little More Country Than That" and Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten?"
Jul 21, 1960
Pop songwriter Al Hoffman dies in New York City. Two years prior, he strung together a trio of hits for country/pop singer Jimmie Rodgers: "Secretly," "Are You Really Mine" and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again"
Jul 30, 1960
Songwriter Karen Staley is born in Hookstown, Pennsylvania. She authors Terri Clark's "Everytime I Cry," Tracy Byrd's "The Keeper Of The Stars," Trick Pony's "On A Night Like This" and Faith Hill's "Let's Go To Vegas"
Aug 23, 1960
Oscar Hammerstein II, who co-wrote the music for "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound Of Music," dies of cancer at home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, Slim Whitman had country hits with two of his songs: "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
Nov 7, 1960
A.P. Carter dies in Kingsport, Tennessee. With his wife Sara and her cousin, Maybelle Carter, The Original Carter Family became one of the genre's pioneering groups with A.P. credited as a writer of such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
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