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    • Sep 9, 1951
    "Dukes Of Hazzard" star Tom Wopat is born in Lodi, Wisconsin. He writes Earl Thomas Conley's "Shadow Of A Doubt," becomes a temporary host of TNN's "Prime Time Country," and co-stars opposite Reba McEntire when she appears in Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun"
    Aug 6, 1953
    Confederate Railroad's Mark DuFresne is born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Heavily influenced by southern rock, the band earns '90s hits with "Queen Of Memphis," "Trashy Women" and "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind"
    Jul 21, 1955
    Bass player Howie Epstein is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A member of Tom Petty's band, The Heartbreakers, for 20 years, he produces three hits for girlfriend Carlene Carter: "Come On Back," "Every Little Thing" and "I Fell In Love"
    Jul 6, 1956
    Guitarist John Jorgenson is born in Madison, Wisconsin. He joins The Desert Rose Band, which fashions a string of 1980s hits, and plays on records by Pam Tillis, Rick Trevino and Mary Chapin Carpenter, among others
    May 20, 1958
    Guitarist Jane Wiedlin is born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. She joins the 1980s pop band The Go-Go's and later co-writes Keith Urban's "But For The Grace Of God" with Urban and fellow Go-Go Charlotte Caffey
    Jan 23, 1959
    Buddy Holly performs in Milwaukee, where the temperature is 25 below, sharing the bill with Ritchie Valens, Frankie Sardo, The Big Bopper and Dion. Waylon Jennings plays bass for Holly on what proves to be the first date on Holly's final tour
    Mar 16, 1959
    Keyboard player Stan Thorn is born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. As a member of Shenandoah, he has a hand in such hits as "The Church On Cumberland Road," "Two Dozen Roses" and "I Want To Be Loved Like That"
    Dec 10, 1967
    Soul singer Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin. Just a month later, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" becomes his biggest recording. The song is later remade as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
    Jul 25, 1969
    Led Zeppelin performs in Milwaukee. The show is witnessed by Eric Clapton, whose future includes the country hit "Lay Down Sally"
    Apr 3, 1972
    Hank Locklin sings "Please Help Me, I'm Falling," Billy Grammer delivers "Gotta Travel On" and Grandpa Jones does "Mountain Dew" during a presidential campaign rally for George Wallace at the Municipal Auditorium in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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