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Jan 19, 1943
Drummer Joe Butler is born on Long Island. He joins the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
Feb 21, 1943
David Geffen is born in Brooklyn. He founds Asylum Records, a label home for The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, and later Bryan White and Lila McCann. Geffen also is a co-founder of DreamWorks, which finds success with Darryl Worley and Toby Keith
May 28, 1943
Pop singer Leonore Vonderleath dies at the age of 46 in Buffalo, New York. Using the stage name Vaughn Deleath, she earned a 1927 hit with "Are You Lonesome Tonight?," covered in 1960 by Elvis Presley
Jun 3, 1943
Drummer Michael Clarke is born in New York. An original member of The Byrds, he leaves before they record the album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo," but moves to the country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers
Jul 22, 1943
Jim Reeves is one of nine players suspended by the D-level Jamestown, New York, baseball team. In the aftermath, Reeves finds work installing machine guns on B-17 bombers for Lockheed
Aug 10, 1943
Veronica Bennett is born in New York, where she forms The Ronettes with sister Estelle and cousin Nedra Talley. They earn a hit with "Be My Baby," covered by country's Jody Miller in 1972. Veronica becomes Ronnie Spector after marrying producer Phil Spector
Sep 11, 1943
Drummer Mickey Hart is born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1967, he joins The Grateful Dead, a psychedelic rock band namechecked in the 1996 Lonestar hit "No News"
Nov 22, 1943
Pop lyricist Lorenz Hart dies of pneumonia in New York. Known for such classics as "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is A Tramp," he also wrote "Blue Moon," destined to appear on the "Apollo 13" soundtrack in the hands of The Mavericks
Dec 9, 1943
Kenny Vance, of the pop group Jay & The Americans, is born in Brooklyn, New York. The band's 1964 hit "Come A Little Bit Closer" gets revamped for the country charts in 1977 by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Feb 5, 1944
Keyboard player Al Kooper is born in Brooklyn, New York. Known for his work with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, he plays on country tribute albums to The Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, for whom he produces "Sweet Home Alabama"
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