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Sep 1, 1947
Barry Gibb is born in Manchester, England. With two brothers, he founds the pop act The Bee Gees. They write Olivia Newton-John's "Come On Over," Conway Twitty's "Rest Your Love On Me" and Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream"
Sep 3, 1947
Jim Reeves marries Mary White at a Methodist Church in Carthage, Texas
Sep 5, 1947
Songwriter/producer Louis "Chip" Davis is born in Hamler, Ohio. The founder of new age act Mannheim Steamroller, he co-writes the million-seller "Convoy" and produces the artist who performs it, C.W. McCall
Sep 9, 1947
Freddy Weller is born in Atlanta, Georgia. A member of Paul Revere & The Raiders from 1967-1971, he nets six solo country hits from 1969-1973 and writes the Bob Luman/Steve Wariner hit "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"
Sep 16, 1947
Bass player Sonny Lemaire is born in Fort Lee, Virginia. He joins Exile, which shifts in the 1980s from a rock band to country, where it reels off a seven-year string of hits, including "Woke Up In Love," "Crazy For Your Love" and "I Can't Get Close Enough"
Sep 17, 1947
Bass player Abraham Laboriel is born in Mexico City, Mexico. Noted for his work with such pop artists as Lionel Richie, George Benson and Al Jarreau, he also appears on a pair of Clint Black hits
Sep 18, 1947
Lyricist Bert Kalmar dies in Los Angeles, California. Kalmar co-wrote "Who's Sorry Now?," recorded in 1935 by the western-swing act Milton Brown & His Brownies
Sep 18, 1947
Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and Rosalie Allen headline the first country music show at New York's Carnegie Hall. Tickets range from $1.20-$3.60
Sep 19, 1947
Songwriter/producer Wally Wilson is born in Dallas. A producer for Lonestar, he authors the band's "Come Cryin' To Me," Trisha Yearwood's "That's What I Like About You" and Amy Grant's Vince Gill duet "House Of Love"
Sep 19, 1947
A hurricane hits Pascagoula, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. Uninjured in the storm is nine-month-old resident Jimmy Buffett
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