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    • Aug 6, 1942
    Songwriter Bob Morrison is born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He writes Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love," Kenny Rogers' "You Decorated My Life," Conway Twitty's "Don't Call Him A Cowboy" and Gary Morris' "The Love She Found In Me," among others
    Aug 14, 1942
    Songwriter/producer Brent Maher is born in Great Bend, Kansas. He produces hits for The Judds, Michael Johnson and Dottie West and writes such titles as The Judds' "Why Not Me" and "Girls Night Out," West's "A Lesson In Leavin'" and Tanya Tucker's "Some Kind Of Trouble"
    Aug 20, 1942
    R&B singer/songwriter Isaac Hayes is born in Covington, Tennessee. Known for his "Theme From Shaft" and his work with the Stax label, he writes Sam & Dave's "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," which becomes a country hit for Sonny James
    Oct 23, 1942
    Broadway and film composer Ralph Rainger dies in a mid-air collision near Palm Springs, California. The author of "Thanks For The Memory," he also co-wrote "Blue Hawaii," recorded by Willie Nelson for the 1992 movie "Honeymoon In Vegas"
    Oct 29, 1942
    Singer/songwriter Lee Clayton is born in Russellville, Alabama. Associated with the outlaw movement during the early- and mid-1970s, he writes the Willie Nelson hit "If You Can Touch Her At All"
    Oct 30, 1942
    Acuff-Rose Music Publishing is founded in Nashville on a handshake by Roy Acuff and Fred Rose. The first music publisher in the city, Acuff-Rose handles copyrights for Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and Don Gibson, among others
    Dec 25, 1942
    Songwriter George Cobb dies in Brookline, Massachusetts. He wrote Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee" and The Blue Sky Boys' "Are You From Dixie?"
    Dec 30, 1942
    Michael Nesmith is born in Houston, Texas. Best known as a member of the pop group The Monkees, he writes "Different Drum," which introduces Linda Ronstadt to the musical landscape
    Jan 2, 1943
    Songwriter Dick Feller is born in Bronaugh, Missouri. He pens Jerry Reed's "Lord, Mr. Ford" and John Denver's "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)," and earns a Top 10 novelty hit as a recording artist in 1974 with "The Credit Card Song"
    Jan 7, 1943
    Singer/songwriter Leona Williams is born in Vienna, Missouri. Married to Merle Haggard from 1978-1983, she joins him on a duet, "The Bull And The Beaver," and writes his hits "You Take Me For Granted" and "Someday When Things Are Good"



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