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Apr 20, 1978

Multi-instrumentalist Clay Cook is born in Snellville, Georgia. After working with The Marshall Tucker Band and John Mayer, he joins The Zac Brown Band in time to work on the album "You Get What You Give"

Jul 31, 1978

Singer/songwriter Zac Brown is born in Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital. The Zac Brown Band becomes a major country act, mixing jam-band tendencies and well-crafted ballads while nabbing multiple gold and platinum albums following the act's 2008 debut with "Chicken Fried"

Sep 16, 1978

Nineteen-month-old Jason Aldean receives his first haircut at Brenda's Razor's Edge in Macon, Georgia

Dec 24, 1978

Alan Jackson proposes to Denise Jackson, his girlfriend of three years, who already has the same last name. She says yes

Jan 12, 1979

Barry Sadler's truck slides off a slick freeway ramp that connects I-75 with I-285 outside Atlanta. The wreckage includes dozens of empty ammunition boxes. Sadler is not significantly hurt

Feb 10, 1979

Singer/songwriter Craig Campbell is born in Metter, Georgia. He nets hits with the 2010 release "Family Man," the 2012 single "Outta My Head" and the 2013 hit "Keep Them Kisses Comin'"

Feb 20, 1979

Guitarist and organ player Coy Bowles is born in Thomaston, Georgia. He becomes a member of The Zac Brown Band, noted for such hits as "Chicken Fried," "Keep Me In Mind," "Toes" and "Whatever It Is"

Mar 7, 1979

Ray Charles performs the Hoagy Carmichael-penned "Georgia On My Mind" for legislators at the Capitol in Atlanta, as the tune is officially recognized as the state song of Georgia

Oct 18, 1979

Jessica Ann Ussery is born in Georgia. She is destined to marry Jason Aldean

Nov 21, 1979

Capricorn Records files for bankruptcy in Macon, Georgia. The home of The Allman Brothers Band and the southern rock movement, the label later reopens in Nashville, working briefly with Kenny Chesney and Hank Williams Jr.

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