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    • Dec 3, 1940
    Bing Crosby records "Lone Star Trail" in Los Angeles. The pop hit is the first recording of any song written by future Country Music Hall of Famer Cindy Walker
    Dec 23, 1940
    Singer/songwriter Eugene Record is born in Chicago. As a member of the R&B group The Chi-Lites, he writes the 1972 hit "Oh Girl," remade 10 years later for the country audience by Con Hunley
    Dec 24, 1940
    Songwriter Billy Hill dies in a Boston hotel room. His writing successes include Jimmie Rodgers' "Prairie Lullaby" and Ernest Tubb's "Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)"
    Dec 27, 1940
    Songwriter Darrell Staedtler is born in Llano, Texas. He writes George Strait's "A Fire I Can't Put Out" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Love The Blues And The Boogie Woogie," plus a pair of 1960s hits by The Wilburn Brothers
    Jan 23, 1941
    Buddy Buie is born in Dothan, Alabama. He writes The Classics IV pop hits "Stormy" and "Traces," and forms the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Buie also co-writes the Wynonna country hit "Rock Bottom"
    Jan 24, 1941
    Pop singer Neil Diamond is born in Brooklyn. He writes several country hits: Glen Campbell's "Sunflower," T.G. Sheppard's "Solitary Man" and Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius' "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
    Jan 25, 1941
    Songwriter/keyboard player Bobby Wood is born near New Albany, Mississippi. He authors Crystal Gayle's "Half The Way" and Ronnie Milsap's "He Got You," and plays on Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Garth Brooks' "The Dance" and Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain"
    Feb 6, 1941
    Songwriter Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery is born in Wayne County, Tennessee. His credits include Emmylou Harris' "One Of These Days," Tanya Tucker's "What's Your Mama's Name" and George Jones & Tammy Wynette's "We're Gonna Hold On"
    Feb 15, 1941
    Motown songwriter Brian Holland is born in Detroit. With a hand in such classics as "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "Heat Wave" and "Nowhere To Run," his "You Can't Hurry Love" is revisited by The Dixie Chicks for the "Runaway Bride" soundtrack
    Feb 15, 1941
    Songwriter Jim Vest is born in Huntsville, Alabama. He writes Billie Jo Spears' 1977 hit "I'm Not Easy"



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