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Jun 14, 1959
Jazz bass player Marcus Miller is born in Brooklyn, New York. Known for his work with Miles Davis, Grover Washington and Luther Vandross, he plays on Toby Keith's 2009 country hit "Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)"
Jun 26, 1959
Ray Charles records Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York, and gains an R&B hit
Aug 22, 1959
Songwriter Liz Hengber is born in Brooklyn, New York. She authors the Reba McEntire hits "It's Your Call," "And Still" and "For My Broken Heart"
Sep 28, 1959
William Schlappi is born in Voorheesville, New York. Under the name Billy Montana, he signs a recording deal in the 1990s, but scores his biggest successes by writing Jon Pardi's "Night Shift," Garth Brooks' "More Than A Memory" and Sara Evans' "Suds In The Bucket"
Oct 14, 1959
Connie Francis records the pop hit "Among My Souvenirs" at Regent Studio in New York. Marty Robbins remakes it as a country hit in 1976
Nov 8, 1959
Johnny Mathis sings the pop classic "Misty" on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song is destined to become a 1975 country hit for Ray Stevens
Nov 21, 1959
WABC radio in New York fires Alan Freed after the disc jockey refused to sign an affidavit saying he never received payola. Thus begins the undoing of a rock & roll legend, credited as a co-writer of the future Forester Sisters hit "Sincerely"
Nov 22, 1959
Broadway lyricist Sam Lewis dies in New York. The author of "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)," he also wrote the Jimmie Rodgers country hit "In The Hills Of Tennessee"
Dec 15, 1959
The Everly Brothers record the pop hit "Let It Be Me" at Bell Sound Studio in New York. Willie Nelson's version becomes a country hit in 1982
Mar 7, 1960
Backup singer Chris Rodriguez is born in The Bronx, New York. He takes part in such hits as Faith Hill's "Breathe," Tim McGraw's "Angry All The Time," George Strait's "You'll Be There" and Reba McEntire's "Why Haven't I Heard From You"
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