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    • May 9, 1949
    Billy Joel is born in New York City. Added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, he writes "Shameless," eventually recorded as a country hit by Garth Brooks
    May 25, 1949
    Record producer/songwriter Don Cook is born in San Antonio, Texas. His songwriting credits include: Brooks & Dunn's "Brand New Man," Highway 101's "Who's Lonely Now" and John Conlee's "Lady Lay Down"
    May 26, 1949
    Hank Williams Jr. is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. The son of country legend Hank Williams, he develops his own career, taking Entertainer of the Year in 1987 from both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. He is named in 2020 as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jun 1, 1949
    Songwriter Wayne Perry is born in Hamilton, Ohio. Among his credits are Lorrie Morgan's "What Part Of No," Collin Raye's "Every Second" and Tim McGraw's "Not A Moment Too Soon"
    Jun 3, 1949
    Pete Seeger and Lee Hays perform "If I Had A Hammer" publicly for the first time at St. Nicholas in New York. A 1972 version of the song by Johnny Cash & June Carter will receive a Grammy nomination
    Jun 17, 1949
    Russell Smith, of The Amazing Rhythm Aces, is born in Nashville. Behind his soulful lead vocals, the Aces earn three hits in the mid-'70s, while Smith goes on to write "Heartbeat In The Darkness," "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" and "Keep It Between The Lines," among others
    Aug 11, 1949
    Eric Carmen is born in Cleveland, Ohio. A member of the pop band The Raspberries, he develops a successful solo career and writes Louise Mandrell's country hit "Maybe My Baby." Jamie O'Neal performs his "All By Myself" in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
    Sep 23, 1949
    Bruce Springsteen is born at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in Long Branch, New Jersey. He earns a country hit as a songwriter with Mel McDaniel's "Stand On It." His "Atlantic City" is named among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 24, 1949
    Songwriter/guitarist Jim Krueger is born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He writes Dave Mason's 1977 pop hit "We Just Disagree," which becomes a country success for Billy Dean in 1993
    Oct 7, 1949
    Kieran Kane is born in Queens, New York. He has moderate commercial success as a solo artist in the early-1980s before joining with Jamie O'Hara to form The O'Kanes. In the 1990s, he co-founds Dead Reckoning Records, an artist-owned indie label



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