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    • Nov 12, 1964
    Songwriter Jerry Kilgore is born in Tillamook, Oregon. He pens John Michael Montgomery's "Cover You In Kisses" and Tracy Byrd's "Love Lessons"
    Nov 26, 1964
    Mel Tillis and Red Foley find songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, co-writer of "The Long Black Veil," barely conscious at her rural Tennessee home. Wilkin had attempted to commit suicide with sleeping pills and aspirin
    Nov 28, 1964
    The Boston Patriots claim Ole Miss quarterback Jim Weatherly in the 12th round of the American Football League draft. Weatherly will write the Glen Campbell country hit "A Lady Like You"
    Dec 10, 1964
    Soul singer Sam Cooke is shot and killed at Los Angeles' Hacienda Motel. Two of his songs are later remade as country hits: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
    Dec 19, 1964
    Tulsa defeats Mississippi, 14-7, at the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, Texas. Ole Miss quarterback Jim Weatherly completes 16 of 24 passes in a losing effort. Weatherly goes on to write "Neither One Of Us," "Someone Else's Star" and "A Lady Like You"
    Jan 22, 1965
    Drummer Steven Adler is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He becomes a member of the rock band Guns N' Roses. The band will be namechecked in two 2016 country hits: Keith Urban's 2016 "Wasted Time" and Thomas Rhett's "T-Shirt"
    Apr 3, 1965
    Songwriter Hy Heath dies in Los Angeles. His credits included Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Mule Train," Ray Price's "Run Boy," Louis Jordan's "Deacon Jones" and Hank Williams' "Take These Chains From My Heart"
    Apr 25, 1965
    Rory Feek is born in Atchison, Kansas. He forms the duo Joey+Rory with his wife, Joey Martin, and authors Blake Shelton's "Some Beach," Clay Walker's "The Chain Of Love" and Easton Corbin's "A Little More Country Than That"
    May 1, 1965
    Singer/songwriter Helen Darling is born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She charts one single with Decca in the 1990s and scores as a songwriter by co-writing Jo Dee Messina's hit "Bring On The Rain"
    May 16, 1965
    Pop songwriter Burt Bacharach marries actress Angie Dickinson in Las Vegas. During the 15 years they're legally linked, he earns a country hit when Sonny James covers his song "Only Love Can Break A Heart," originally a pop hit for Gene Pitney



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