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    • May 16, 1945
    Songwriter Nicky Chinn is born in London. Known for such pop hits as The Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz," Suzi Quatro's "Stumblin' In" and Exile's "Kiss You All Over," he also co-writes Randy Barlow's 1979 country hit "Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone"
    May 28, 1945
    Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty is born in Berkeley, California. His composition "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 8, 1945
    Singer/songwriter Steve Fromholz is born in Temple, Texas. Willie Nelson earns a 1976 hit with his song "I'd Have To Be Crazy"
    Jun 14, 1945
    Cary Grant begins work on the Warner Bros. movie "Night And Day," a biopic on the life of Cole Porter. Grant portrays Porter, who is coming off the only country hit of his career, Gene Autry's recording of his "Don't Fence Me In"
    Aug 7, 1945
    The morning after the U.S. bombed Hiroshima, Japan, Charlotte disc jockey Fred Kirby writes "Atomic Power," a future Top 10 hit for The Buchanan Brothers
    Aug 31, 1945
    Singer/songwriter Van Morrison is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Known for the pop hits "Domino" and "Brown Eyed Girl," he records a country album with Linda Gail Lewis and remakes "Mule Skinner Blues" for a Jimmie Rodgers tribute album
    Sep 5, 1945
    Boudleaux Bryant legally marries Felice Scaduto in Newport, Kentucky, more than six months after they took private vows and began living as husband and wife
    Sep 19, 1945
    Austin Roberts is born in Newport News, Virginia. After recording the pop hit "Rocky," Roberts finds success as a Nashville songwriter, penning Lee Greenwood's "I.O.U.," Earl Thomas Conley's "Honor Bound" and Reba McEntire's "You Lie"
    Oct 7, 1945
    Songwriter Carol Anderson is born in Flint, Michigan. She writes the Gary Stewart hit "Your Place Or Mine"
    Nov 2, 1945
    Singer/songwriter J.D. Souther is born in Detroit, Michigan. Best known for his 1979 hit "You're Only Lonely," he also writes Glen Campbell's 1984 country hit "Faithless Love" and The Eagles' "Heartache Tonight," covered by Conway Twitty in 1983



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