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    • Sep 19, 1915
    Actress Dorothy Simpson is born in Worcester, Massachusetts. After marrying fellow actor Lloyd Bridges, she counts Jeff Bridges among her offspring. Jeff will earn a Top 10 country album in 2011
    Nov 6, 1916
    Pop arranger Ray Conniff is born in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Known for "Somewhere My Love," he arranged several Marty Robbins hits, including "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)," "The Hanging Tree" and "The Story Of My Life"
    May 29, 1917
    Future president John F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He becomes the subject of Jimmy Dean's "P.T. 109," based on an actual event that occurs during Kennedy's military service
    Mar 14, 1922
    Organ player Artie Dunn is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He becomes a member of the pop instrumental act The Three Suns, who score a 1950 country hit with "Beyond The Sunset," featuring Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt
    Aug 1, 1922
    Marie Hawkins is born in Boston, Massachusetts. She becomes the second wife of Nat "King" Cole, marrying him in 1948, and the mother of Country Music Association awards nominee Natalie Cole
    May 3, 1924
    Joe Urick is born in Malden, Massachusetts. Under the name The Ames Brothers, Joe Ames and three siblings become a major pop vocal group. Their 1956 release "It Only Hurts For A Little While" is remade by Margo Smith for country fans in 1978
    Jun 12, 1924
    George H.W. Bush is born in Milton, Massachusetts. An avowed country music fan, he becomes the first president to attend the CMA Awards, and receives campaign support in 1988 from Moe Bandy, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn and Lee Greenwood
    Feb 13, 1925
    Gene Urick is born in Malden, Massachusetts. He and three siblings record numerous pop hits as The Ames Brothers. One of them, the 1956 release "It Only Hurts For A Little While," becomes a country hit for Margo Smith in 1978
    Apr 29, 1925
    Trumpet player Danny Davis is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He patterns his band, The Nashville Brass, after Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, blending country music with swing, and winning a Grammy and six Country Music Association awards. He produces hits for Waylon Jennings and Don Gibson
    Aug 21, 1925
    Songwriter/producer Ed Penney is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He writes and produces Terri Gibbs' crossover hit "Somebody's Knockin'" and authors Moe Bandy's "Two Lonely People"
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