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Aug 26, 1937
Don Bowman is born in Lubbock, Texas. The singer and comedian begins a recording career in the 1960s, though he's best remembered for co-writing the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson hit "Just To Satisfy You"
Sep 25, 1937
Songwriter Don Pfrimmer is born in Great Falls, Montana. He pens Diamond Rio's "Meet In The Middle," Tim McGraw's "All I Want Is A Life" and Lee Roy Parnell's "Love Without Mercy," among others
Sep 28, 1937
Record producer/songwriter Glenn Sutton is born in Hodge, Louisiana. As a writer, he pens such hits as "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)," "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" and "Almost Persuaded," while most of his production credits are for his wife, Lynn Anderson
Oct 18, 1937
Pop songwriter Cynthia Weil is born in New York City. A 1987 inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she co-writes Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again," Donna Fargo's "Another Goodbye" and Martina McBride's "Wrong Again"
Oct 24, 1937
Broadway composer Cole Porter breaks both legs in a horse-riding accident in Locust Valley on Long Island. He suffers complications for the remainder of his life, which includes a country hit after Gene Autry records "Don't Fence Me In"
Oct 31, 1937
Folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton is born in Chicago, Illinois. He writes "The Last Thing On My Mind," a 1965 recording that's remade two years later in the first session that pairs Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
Nov 1, 1937
Bill Anderson is born in Columbia, South Carolina. Whisperin' Bill compiles a series of hits as an artist in the 1960s and '70s and writes more for Connie Smith, George Strait, Brad Paisley and Ray Price. Anderson joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1961 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Dec 22, 1937
Red Steagall is born in Gainesville, Texas. With a career that darts between western swing and cowboy music, he earns his only hit single with 1976's "Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music." He's also credited with discovering Reba McEntire
Dec 30, 1937
Singer/songwriter John Hartford is born in New York. The multi-instrumentalist works primarily in folk and bluegrass throughout his career, though he creates a pop and country standard by writing Glen Campbell's "Gentle On My Mind"
Jan 14, 1938
Allen Toussaint is born in New Orleans. The singer/producer/songwriter contributes to such pop hits as Lee Dorsey's "Ya Ya" and LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade," but also writes Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights" and Joe Stampley's "All These Things"
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