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Oct 17, 1941
Guitarist Jim Seals is born in Sidney, Texas. A cousin of country singer Dan Seals, he's best known as one half of the 1970s pop duo Seals & Crofts. In 1965, he takes part in Buck Owens' recording session for "Before You Go"
Oct 17, 1941
Roy Rogers takes the role of a legendary western figure with the debut of the movie "Jesse James At Bay"
Oct 17, 1941
Earl Thomas Conley is born in Portsmouth, Ohio. After writing hits for Conway Twitty and Mel Street, he fashions a string of his own tuneful singles in the 1980s, including "Fire & Smoke," "That Was A Close One" and "Your Love's On The Line"
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
Oct 21, 1941
Guitarist Steve Cropper, of Booker T. & The MG's, is born in Willow Spring, Missouri. A co-writer of "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" and "In The Midnight Hour," he plays on hits by Sam & Dave and The Staple Singers, plus Wynonna's "Rock Bottom"
Oct 24, 1941
"I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven" songwriter Eddie Dean has a villainous role with the debut of "Gauchos Of El Dorado"
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