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    • Dec 30, 1938
    Dobro player Mike Auldridge is born in Washington, D.C. He joins the bluegrass band The Seldom Scene and performs on Emmylou Harris' "Making Believe," plus her duet with Linda Ronstadt, "I Never Will Marry"
    Apr 2, 1939
    Motown singer/songwriter Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C. He will be namechecked in Thomas Rhett's 2015 ballad "Die A Happy Man"
    Jun 8, 1939
    The Coon Creek Girls become the first country act to perform at the White House, when Franklin D. Roosevelt hosts England's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
    Jan 6, 1940
    Songwriter/producer Van McCoy is born in Washington, D.C. Best known for the 1975 pop hit "The Hustle," he earns country hits as a songwriter when Jody Miller covers "Baby, I'm Yours" in 1971 and Billy "Crash" Craddock does "Walk Softly" in 1976
    Jan 30, 1940
    First lady Eleanor Roosevelt appears on Gene Autry's CBS Radio show "Melody Ranch" as Autry broadcasts live from Washington, D.C., at president Franklin D. Roosevelt's fifth Birthday Ball. Autry gifts the president a Stetson hat
    Jun 16, 1940
    Keyboard player Ron Oates is born in Washington, D.C. He appears on The Kendalls' "Heaven's Just A Sin Away," plus hits by Kenny Rogers, The Oak Ridge Boys, Merle Haggard, Eddy Arnold and Earl Thomas Conley
    Dec 31, 1940
    Van Stoneman is born in Washington, D.C. The son of country innovator Pop Stoneman, he joins with five of his siblings to form The Stoneman Family, winning the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year award in 1967
    Sep 11, 1941
    A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. It will be recognized in Darryl Worley's post-9/11 country hit "Have You Forgotten?"
    Oct 1, 1942
    R&B vocalist Herb Fame is born in Washington, D.C. He makes up one-half of Peaches & Herb, whose signature ballad, "Reunited," is remade as a country hit by Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon in 1979
    Feb 13, 1944
    Bass player Peter Tork is born in Washington, D.C. In 1966, he joins the pop group The Monkees, whose "Last Train To Clarksville" ranks among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
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