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    • Aug 7, 1944
    Kerry Chater is born in Vancouver, British Columbia. After playing bass with Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, he becomes a country songwriter, penning such titles as "I.O.U.," "I Know A Heartache When I See One" and "You Look So Good In Love"
    Aug 21, 1944
    Singer/songwriter Jackie DeShannon is born in Hazel, Kentucky. Known for her pop hits "What The World Needs Now Is Love" and "Put A Little Love In Your Heart," she nets a country hit when Pam Tillis remakes her song "When You Walk In The Room"
    Sep 29, 1944
    Film and TV composer Mike Post is born in Los Angeles. The creator of the themes to "Hill Street Blues" and "The Rockford Files," he also produces several Dolly Parton hits, including "But You Know I Love You" and "Tennessee Homesick Blues"
    Oct 4, 1944
    Songwriter Larry Collins is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His credits include Tanya Tucker's "Pecos Promenade" and "Delta Dawn," and David Frizzell & Shelly West's "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
    Oct 25, 1944
    Kathy Nivert is born in Washington, D.C. Under the name Taffy Danoff, she writes John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)." She also founds The Starland Vocal Band, whose pop hit "Afternoon Delight" is remade as a country single by Johnny Carver
    Nov 8, 1944
    Bonnie Bramlett is born in Acton, Illinois. As one-half of Delaney & Bonnie, she sings on the 1971 pop hit "Never Ending Song Of Love," remade in country music the same year by Dickey Lee. She also joins Earl Scruggs on a 1975 anniversary album
    Nov 10, 1944
    Lyricist Tim Rice is born in Amersham, England. Noted for his work with Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, he also co-writes "Written In The Stars," a song from "Aida" which LeAnn Rimes records in a 1999 duet with Elton John
    Nov 28, 1944
    Soul singer R.B. Greaves is born in Georgetown, British Guyana. A nephew of Sam Cooke, he nets a pop hit in 1969 with "Take A Letter Maria," revamped as a country hit the following year by Anthony Armstrong Jones
    Dec 3, 1944
    Singer/songwriter Roger Bowling is born in Harlan, Kentucky. He writes the Kenny Rogers hits "Lucille" and "Coward Of The County," plus Billie Jo Spears' "Blanket On The Ground" and George Jones & Tammy Wynette's "Southern California"
    Dec 16, 1944
    Sax player Al Garth is born in Merced, California. In addition to playing on recordings by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Glenn Frey and Dan Fogelberg, he co-writes Lynn Anderson's 1972 hit "Listen To A Country Song" with Jim Messina



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