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    • Sep 16, 1947
    Bass player Sonny Lemaire is born in Fort Lee, Virginia. He joins Exile, which shifts in the 1980s from a rock band to country, where it reels off a seven-year string of hits, including "Woke Up In Love," "Crazy For Your Love" and "I Can't Get Close Enough"
    Dec 27, 1948
    Les Taylor is born in Oneida, Kentucky. The vocalist/guitarist becomes a key member of Exile, whose harmonic mix of gospel, pop and country yields more than 10 hit singles from 1983 until his departure for a solo career in 1989. Taylor also co-writes Janie Fricke's 1982 single "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy"
    Jan 22, 1949
    Exile lead vocalist J.P. Pennington is born in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1963, Exile becomes one of country's top groups during the 1980s, with Pennington and bass player Sonny Lemaire co-writing the bulk of the band's hook-filled hits
    May 13, 1949
    Exile keyboard player Marlon Hargis is born in Somerset, Kentucky. He's with the band when it first charts in country music during 1984 with "Woke Up In Love" and "Crazy For Your Love," but departs the following year
    Sep 1, 1950
    Drummer Steve Goetzman is born in Louisville, Kentucky. He joins Exile, whose mix of country, rock and gospel nets hook-filled 1980s hits such as "Woke Up In Love," "She's A Miracle" and "Crazy For Your Love"
    Jan 27, 1953
    Keyboard player Lee Carroll is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. Carroll replaces Marlon Hargis in Exile in 1985, contributing to such hits as "It'll Be Me," "She's Too Good To Be True" and "I Can't Get Close Enough"
    Jul 18, 1954
    Guitarist/vocalist Mark Jones is born in Harlan, Kentucky. In 1989, he joins Exile, contributing to the group's latter-day hits "Nobody's Talking" and "Yet"
    Dec 22, 1962
    Paul Martin is born in Winchester, Kentucky. He replaces J.P. Pennington as the lead singer of Exile in 1989, contributing to the band's subsequent hits "Keep It In The Middle Of The Road," "Nobody's Talking" and "Even Now." Martin eventually joins Marty Stuart's Fabulous Superlatives
    May 19, 1978
    Warner Bros. releases Exile's pop hit "Kiss You All Over"
    Jun 8, 1978
    Warner Bros. releases Exile's album "Mixed Emotions"
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