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Jun 20, 1949
Lionel Richie is born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Primarily a pop recording artist, he earns a country hit when Alabama backs him on "Deep River Woman," produces several Kenny Rogers hits and has a #1 country album with "Tuskegee"
Jun 21, 1949
Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Smokey Mountain Boogie" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood
Jun 22, 1949
Alan Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. He's the oldest member of the 1970s pop family act The Osmonds, which has a 1982 country hit, "I Think About Your Lovin'." The group provides backing vocals on Conway Twitty's "Heartache Tonight"
Jun 22, 1949
Hank Thompson records "Whoa Sailor," "Soft Lips" and "The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue recording studio in Hollywood
Jun 24, 1949
Bass player John Illsley is born in London, England. He joins Dire Straits, which records the original versions of such country hits as Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Bug," John Anderson's "When It Comes To You" and Highway 101's "Setting Me Up"
Jun 27, 1949
Merry Christmas, six months early: Gene Autry records the holiday classic "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" in Los Angeles
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