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    • Dec 14, 1938
    Singer/songwriter Don Addrisi is born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He joins sibling Dick Addrisi in forming the pop duo The Addrisi Brothers, and in writing The Association's 1967 hit "Never My Love." Vern Gosdin remakes the song as a country hit in 1978
    Dec 24, 1940
    Songwriter Billy Hill dies in a Boston hotel room. His writing successes include Jimmie Rodgers' "Prairie Lullaby" and Ernest Tubb's "Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)"
    Jul 4, 1941
    Pop singer/songwriter Dick Addrisi is born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He forms The Addrisi Brothers with sibling Don, and the pair writes The Association's "Never My Love." Vern Gosdin turns the song into a country hit in 1978
    Jul 4, 1942
    Peter Rowan is born in Boston, Massachusetts. The guitarist sings lead for Bill Monroe's band in the '60s and works with David Grisman, The Nashville Bluegrass Band and Jerry Garcia. He writes Ricky Skaggs' "You Make Me Feel Like A Man"
    Dec 25, 1942
    Songwriter George Cobb dies in Brookline, Massachusetts. He wrote Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee" and The Blue Sky Boys' "Are You From Dixie?"
    Apr 22, 1944
    Songwriter Alan Gordon is born in Natick, Massachusetts. He authors The Turtles' pop hit "Happy Together," remade for the country charts in 1978 by T.G. Sheppard
    Oct 17, 1944
    Carol Cole is born in West Medford, Massachusetts, just months after Nat "King" Cole made a couple of unlikely appearances on an early version of Billboard's country charts. The singer subsequently adopts her
    May 7, 1946
    Bill Danoff is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He co-founds The Starland Vocal Band, which earns a pop hit with "Afternoon Delight," and writes John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)"
    Mar 12, 1948
    Singer/songwriter James Taylor is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He writes George Jones' 1978 single "Bartender's Blues" and wins a country Grammy for "How's The World Treating You," a 2003 collaboration with Alison Krauss
    Dec 31, 1948
    Donna Summer is born in Boston, Massachusetts. Heralded as "The Queen Of Disco," she also writes Dolly Parton's 1980 hit "Starting Over Again"
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