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    • Jun 2, 1941
    Gladys Knight & The Pips' William Guest is born in Atlanta. They remake Ray Price's "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" and get a hit with "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)" while Bob Luman has a hit country version
    Jun 13, 1941
    Motown guitarist and songwriter Marvin Tarplin is born in Atlanta, Georgia. Known for such titles as "Ain't That Peculiar" and "Going To A Go Go," he also co-writes The Miracles' "Tracks Of My Tears," a country hit for Linda Ronstadt
    Jul 24, 1941
    Teenage Chet Atkins picks up his first radio job, at Columbus' WRBL in Georgia
    Sep 9, 1941
    Otis Redding is born in Dawson, Georgia. The soul singer's song "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" is re-recorded as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
    Sep 18, 1941
    Priscilla Mitchell is born in Marietta, Georgia. She joins Roy Drusky on the 1965 hit "Yes, Mr. Peters." While married to Jerry Reed, she performs as a background singer under the name Priscilla Hubbard on records by Jim Reeves and Waylon Jennings
    Sep 21, 1941
    Ott Stephens is born in Ringgold, Georgia. He picks up a country hit in 1963 with "Robert E. Lee"
    Oct 2, 1941
    Bill Monroe records "Orange Blossom Special" at Atlanta's Kimball Hotel with Blue Grass Boy Art Wooten centerstage on fiddle. The session also includes Monroe's first recording of "In The Pines"
    Feb 24, 1942
    Banjo player Little Roy Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. He joins The Lewis Family, whose bluegrass-gospel record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
    Apr 3, 1942
    Billy Joe Royal is born in Valdosta, Georgia. Best known for his pop hits "Down In The Boondocks" and "Cherry Hill Park," he crafts a half-dozen Top 10 country singles from 1985-1990, including "Tell It Like It Is" and "Love Has No Right"
    Jul 12, 1942
    Singer/songwriter Steve Young is born in Newnan, Georgia. He lands songs with Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr. and The Eagles, who score a minor hit with his "Seven Bridges Road"
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