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Mar 19, 1934
Songwriter Gene Dobbins is born in Memphis, Tennessee. He writes Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Easy As Pie," Ty Herndon's "A Man Holdin' On (To A Woman Lettin' Go)" and C.W. McCall's "Roses For Mama," among others
Mar 25, 1934
Singer/songwriter Johnny Burnette is born in Memphis, Tennessee. In the mid-1950s, Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio becomes a rockabilly force. Burnette also writes two Ricky Nelson country hits: "Waitin' In School" and "Believe What You Say"
Mar 31, 1934
Hall Of Fame songwriter John D. Loudermilk is born in Durham, North Carolina. His hits include "Indian Reservation," by Paul Revere & The Raiders; "Abilene," by George Hamilton IV; and "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," by Eddy Arnold
May 26, 1934
Dixie Deen is born in Birmingham Maternity Hospital in England. She moves in the 1960s to the United States, where she earns a country hit by writing Dave Dudley's "Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun." She marries fellow songwriter Tom T. Hall in 1968
Jun 7, 1934
Wynn Stewart is born in Morrisville, Missouri. A West Coast singer who helps define the Bakersfield Sound, he writes Merle Haggard's "Sing A Sad Song," and garners five hits of his own during the 1960s, including "It's Such A Pretty World Today"
Jul 2, 1934
Dion O'Brien is born in London, England. The brother of Dusty Springfield, he uses the stage name Tom Springfield. As producer of The Seekers, he writes "A World Of Our Own" and "I'll Never Find Another You." Both songs become country hits after being remade by Sonny James
Jul 24, 1934
Songwriter Jimmy Holiday is born in Durant, Mississippi. His biggest successes include "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" and "All I Ever Need Is You," the latter a Sonny & Cher hit covered in country music by Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
Aug 9, 1934
Singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore is born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He achieves his biggest successes as the writer of Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain," but he's best known as Hank Williams Jr.'s manager
Aug 12, 1934
Playwright Maxwell Anderson and his second wife, Mab, have a daughter, Hesper Anderson, in New York. He goes on to write "September Song," a pop standard that becomes a country hit in the hands of Willie Nelson
Aug 16, 1934
Songwriter Durwood Haddock is born in Lamasco, Texas. He pens Carl Smith's 1955 hit "There She Goes"
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