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    • Feb 19, 1943
    Songwriter/keyboard player Bobby Emmons is born in Corinth, Mississippi. In addition to writing Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)" and George Strait's "So Much Like My Dad," he plays on hits by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks and Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Feb 24, 1943
    The Beatles' George Harrison is born in Liverpool, England. He writes "Something," a ballad that becomes a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez
    Mar 17, 1943
    Songwriter Jim Weatherly is born in Pontotoc, Mississippi. His credits include: Ray Price's "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me," Bob Luman's "Neither One Of Us" and Glen Campbell's "A Lady Like You"
    Mar 18, 1943
    Songwriter Dennis Linde is born in Abilene, Texas. His credits include Elvis Presley's "Burning Love," Eddy Raven's "I'm Gonna Get You," Mark Chesnutt's "Bubba Shot The Jukebox" and Gary Morris' "The Love She Found In Me"
    Apr 4, 1943
    Singer/songwriter Ann J. Morton is born in Muldrow, Oklahoma. The sister of Jim Mundy, she charts numerous times during the 1970s and '80s without gaining a bona fide hit. She also writes Hank Thompson's 1972 hit "I've Come Awful Close"
    May 10, 1943
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Otha Young is born in Tulare, California. A musical compadre of Juice Newton, he takes part in many of her recordings and writes "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" and The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Thing"
    May 15, 1943
    R&B songwriter/producer Freddie Perren is born in Jersey City, New Jersey. A couple of his songs are remade as country hits: "I Will Survive," by Billie Jo Spears; and "Reunited," by Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon
    May 31, 1943
    Songwriter Wayne Carson is born in Denver. He pens Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Gary Stewart's "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)," Conway Twitty's "The Clown" and The Box Tops' "The Letter"
    Jun 1, 1943
    Pop songwriter Tom Bahler is born in Los Angeles. He writes Cher's "Living In A House Divided" and Michael Jackson's "She's Out Of My Life." Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke do a country version of the latter song, re-titling it "He's Out Of My Life"
    Jun 14, 1943
    Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is born in Center Star, Alabama. A pop songwriter who pens "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby," he also writes two Freddy Weller successes, plus "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers," a country hit twice, for Bob Luman and Steve Wariner



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