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    • Apr 6, 1937
    Merle Haggard is born in Oildale, California. After imprisonment in San Quentin, he becomes a legendary singer/songwriter with his blue-collar observations and rich vocal style sending him into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994
    Apr 24, 1937
    Bass player Dick Kniss is born in Portland, Oregon. He becomes a member of John Denver's band, taking part in such country hits as "Back Home Again," "Annie's Song," "I'm Sorry" and "Thank God I'm A Country Boy." Kniss will also co-write "Sunshine On My Shoulders"
    May 9, 1937
    Sonny Curtis is born in Meadow, Texas. A sideman with Buddy Holly, he joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991. He pens The Bobby Fuller Four's "I Fought The Law," Anne Murray's "Walk Right Back" and Keith Whitley's "I'm No Stranger To The Rain"
    Jun 1, 1937
    "Wake Up Little Susie" songwriter Boudleaux Bryant graduates from Moultrie High School in Georgia
    Jun 15, 1937
    Waylon Jennings is born in Littlefield, Texas. A protege of Buddy Holly, he becomes a leader in the Outlaw movement of the 1970s alongside his occasional duet partner, Willie Nelson. Jennings joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Jun 20, 1937
    Songwriter Ben Peters is born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On his way to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he writes such hits as Kenny Rogers' "Daytime Friends," Charley Pride's "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'," Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and Eddy Arnold's "Turn The World Around"
    Jul 10, 1937
    Rockabilly artist Gene Simmons is born in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Signed for a period to the Sun Records label, he co-writes Tim McGraw's 1994 breakthrough single, "Indian Outlaw"
    Jul 11, 1937
    Pop songwriter George Gershwin dies in Beverly Hills during a brain operation. Known for "Summertime" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," his song "A Foggy Day" is a vehicle for a Willie Nelson-Frank Sinatra collaboration on the 1994 album "Duets II"
    Jul 11, 1937
    Songwriter/producer Billy Davis is born in Detroit, Michigan. He writes such hits as "Lonely Teardrops" and "Reet Petite" and produces Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me." He also pens a Coke commercial that Dottie West re-writes as "Country Sunshine"
    Aug 2, 1937
    Songwriter Ted Harris is born in Lakeland, Florida. His credits include Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses," Charley Pride's "The Happiness Of Having You" and Steve Wariner and Glen Campbell's "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle"



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