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Sep 24, 1941
Linda Eastman is born in Scarsdale, New York. She eventually marries Beatle Paul McCartney, who earns a pair of country hits as a songwriter during the 1980s
Oct 14, 1941
The Carter Family conducts its final recording session in New York City, cutting "Why Do You Cry, Little Darling?" and "Lonesome Homesick Blues." It will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
Oct 19, 1941
Composer Cole Porter checks into Doctors Hospital in Manhattan, where he has surgery on his left leg nearly seven years after he first broke it. Porter has already written "Don't Fence Me In," which goes on to become a country hit for Gene Autry
Nov 2, 1941
Vocalist David Blatt is born in New York. Using the stage name Jay Black, he provides lead vocals for Jay & The Americans' 1964 pop hit "Come A Little Bit Closer," remade for country music in 1977 by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Nov 5, 1941
Pop singer Art Garfunkel is born in New York. Two Simon & Garfunkel pop singles are remade as country hits: Buck Owens covers "A Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Emmylou Harris reinvents "The Boxer"
Nov 27, 1941
Eddie Rabbitt is born in Brooklyn, New York. The singer/songwriter becomes a major link between country music and pop during the 1970s and '80s, pushing country's boundaries with such recordings as "Drivin' My Life Away," "I Love A Rainy Night," "Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight" and "Suspicions"
Feb 8, 1942
Pop songwriter James Hanley dies in Douglaston, New York. Twenty years later, his song "Second Hand Rose" is recast as a country single by Roy Drusky
Feb 9, 1942
Singer/songwriter Carole King is born in Brooklyn, New York. Best known for her 1971 album "Tapestry," she writes several songs that become country hits, including "Time Don't Run Out On Me," "I Can't Stay Mad At You" and "Crying In The Rain"
Feb 17, 1942
Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger are branded among several other performers as Communists by the New York World-Telegram
Mar 16, 1942
Jerry Jeff Walker is born in Oneonta, New York. He writes The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Mr. Bojangles" and becomes a major force on Austin's progressive country scene
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