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Aug 1, 1966
George Ducas is born in Texas City, Texas. His edgy, guitar-driven music finds the Top 10 in 1994 via "Lipstick Promises." He also writes Radney Foster's "Just Call Me Lonesome," The Eli Young Band's "Always The Love Songs" and Sara Evans' "A Real Fine Place To Start"
Aug 3, 1966
Lonestar's keyboard player Dean Sams is born in Garland, Texas. Winners of the Academy of Country Music's Best New Group or Duo for 1995, the band earns hits with "Tequila Talkin'," "No News" and the pop crossover single "Amazed"
Aug 19, 1966
Lee Ann Womack is born in Jacksonville, Texas. A superb traditionally minded vocalist, she reaches her commercial peak with the 2000 release "I Hope You Dance," named Song and Single of the Year by the Country Music Association
Aug 20, 1966
Jerry and Carolyn Abbott have a son, Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott, in Ennis, Texas. The son goes on to form heavy metal band Pantera with brother Vinnie Paul Abbott. Dad co-writes the Buck Owens & Emmylou Harris hit "Play Together Again Again"
Oct 6, 1966
Tim Rushlow is born in Arlington, Texas. He becomes the lead singer of Little Texas, a six-man harmony group that earns consistent success in the early-1990s. He later adds a 2001 solo hit and forms another group in 2002, Rushlow
Dec 17, 1966
Tracy Byrd is born in Vidor, Texas. Developing an updated version of traditional country, he emerges in 1993 to record a series of hits, including "Lifestyles Of The Not So Rich And Famous," "Watermelon Crawl" and "The Keeper Of The Stars"
Dec 19, 1966
Claudia Horton Pryor, the mother of the late Johnny Horton, dies in a Jacksonville, Texas, hospital following a short illness
Jan 1, 1967
Moon Mullican dies from a heart attack at his home in Beaumont, Texas. The Grand Ole Opry member and King of the Hillbilly Piano Players mixed boogie numbers and ballads for hits from 1947-1951, including "Mona Lisa" and "Cherokee Boogie"
Apr 26, 1967
Monte Warden is born in Houston, Texas. The Austin-based singer fronts the alt.country band The Wagoneers in the 1980s, records as an indie solo artist in the '90s and nabs a hit as a songwriter in 2004 when George Strait records "Desperately"
Apr 27, 1967
Guitarist Tommy Tomlinson marries Katherine Seward in Texas. He played on the Johnny Horton hits "North To Alaska," "Sink The Bismarck" and "The Battle Of New Orleans," plus Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain"
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