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Dec 26, 1955
Banjo player Alan O'Bryant is born in Reidsville, North Carolina. A member of The Nashville Bluegrass Band, he writes "Those Memories Of You," a 1987 hit for Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Jun 18, 1956
George Hamilton IV records the pop hit "A Rose And A Baby Ruth" at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
Nov 11, 1956
Billy Smith is born in Reidsville, North Carolina. He becomes a singer and bass player with The Osborne Brothers
Apr 11, 1957
Singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale is born in Troutman, North Carolina. The Americana icon writes George Strait's "I Gotta Get To You," Mark Chesnutt's "Gonna Get A Life" and Patty Loveless' "Halfway Down," among others
Jun 27, 1957
Tony King is born in North Carolina. A member of the short-lived 1990s trio Matthews, Wright & King, he tours for several years in Vince Gill's band and writes the Ricky Van Shelton hit "I've Cried My Last Tear For You"
May 4, 1959
Randy Traywick is born at Memorial Hospital in Monroe, North Carolina. As Randy Travis, his rich baritone is a signature sound in the New Traditionalist movement of the late-1980s, earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Among his hits: "On The Other Hand," "Three Wooden Crosses" and "Forever And Ever, Amen"
Aug 27, 1959
"Put It Off Until Tomorrow" singer Bill Phillips and his wife, Nita, have a son, William George Phillips, in Waynesville, North Carolina
Apr 6, 1960
Guitarist Warren Haynes is born in Asheville, North Carolina. A member of The Allman Brothers Band and a founder of Gov't Mule, he co-writes the Garth Brooks hit "Two Of A Kind, Working On A Full House"
Jul 9, 1961
Bluegrass vocalist and bass player Ronnie Bowman is born in North Carolina. After a stint in The Lonesome River Band, he co-writes Brooks & Dunn's "It's Getting Better All The Time," Chris Stapleton's "Nobody To Blame" and Kenny Chesney's "Never Wanted Nothing More"
Nov 25, 1961
After The New York Journal American's Dorothy Kilgallen referred to a Carnegie Hall lineup of country stars as "Carnegie hillbillies," Patsy Cline shoots back on a stage in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, referring to her as "the wicked witch of the east"
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