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Jun 3, 1954
Singer/songwriter Dan Hill is born in Toronto. His pop single "Sometimes When We Touch" is remade by Mark Gray & Tammy Wynette, and he writes the Mark Wills hits "I Do (Cherish You)" and "She's In Love," plus Sammy Kershaw's "Love Of My Life"
Jun 5, 1954
Calling it a money-saving move, several record companies make the seven-inch single an industry standard
Jun 6, 1954
Playwright Maxwell Anderson marries his third wife, Gilda Hazard. He is a co-writer of "September Song," destined to become a country hit for Willie Nelson 25 years later
Jun 6, 1954
Bass player Bryan Grassmeyer is born in Nebraska. He becomes a founding member of The Gibson/Miller Band, playing on their lone hit, "Texas Tattoo." He leaves the band before it records its second album
Jun 8, 1954
Faron Young records "A Place For Girls Like You" at Nashville's Castle Studio
Jun 12, 1954
Ferlin Husky joins the Grand Ole Opry
Jun 15, 1954
Guitarist and banjo player Bruce Watkins is born in Bonne Terre, Missouri. He plays on a host of Alan Jackson hits, plus George Jones' "Choices," Jamie O'Neal's "Trying To Find Atlantis" and the Dolly Parton/Ricky Van Shelton duet "Rockin' Years"
Jun 15, 1954
Terri Gibbs is born in Miami, Florida. On the heels of her pop/country hit "Somebody's Knockin'," she wins the Country Music Association's first Horizon award, designed to honor new and developing artists, in 1981
Jun 17, 1954
Gospel singer Deborah McCrary is born. As a member of The McCrary Sisters, she contributes to the backing vocal sound on Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" and Maren Morris' "My Church"
Jun 19, 1954
Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" takes over the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of 20 consecutive weeks
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