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    • Jul 26, 1931
    Monument Records founder Fred Foster is born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Credited as a co-writer on "Me And Bobby McGee," Foster's label is key in the careers of Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison and Larry Gatlin. In 2016, he's voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Nov 8, 1931
    Record producer Harold Shedd is born in Bremen, Alabama. Among his credits: Alabama's "Mountain Music," K.T. Oslin's "80's Ladies" and Glen Campbell's "A Lady Like You." Plus, he signs Billy Ray Cyrus, The Kentucky HeadHunters and Shania Twain to Mercury
    Dec 16, 1931
    Record producer Shelby Singleton is born in Waskom, Texas. His credits include Leroy Van Dyke's "Walk On By," Ray Stevens' "Ahab, The Arab" and Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A."
    Jan 31, 1932
    Producer Rick Hall is born in Franklin County, Alabama. Owner of the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, he oversees hits by The Osmonds, Paul Anka, Mac Davis, Shenandoah, Jerry Reed and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
    Mar 15, 1932
    Producer and arranger Arif Mardin is born in Istanbul, Turkey. Noted for his work with the likes of Aretha Franklin, The Bee Gees and Chaka Khan, he also produces Dusty Springfield's "Son-Of-A Preacher Man" and Willie Nelson's "Uncloudy Day"
    May 14, 1932
    Record producer Bob Johnston is born in Hillsboro, Texas. He produces Bob Dylan's Nashville albums, as well as Johnny Cash's "Live At Folsom Prison" and Marty Robbins' single "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"
    Nov 13, 1932
    Publisher/record producer/bass player Buddy Killen is born in Lexington, Alabama. He owns Tree Publishing; produces hits for Exile, Ronnie McDowell and T.G. Sheppard; plays bass on George Jones' "White Lightning"; and writes "Watchin' Girls Go By" and "I May Never Get To Heaven"
    Dec 13, 1933
    Pop music executive Lou Adler is born in Chicago. As a producer, publisher and label owner, he works with such acts as Carole King, The Mamas & The Papas, Cheech & Chong and Johnny Rivers, co-writing "Poor Side Of Town," which becomes a country hit in 1983 for Joe Stampley
    Aug 10, 1934
    Record producer Jerry Crutchfield is born in Paducah, Kentucky. His credits include: Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The U.S.A.," Barbara Fairchild's "The Teddy Bear Song" and Tanya Tucker's "One Love At A Time"
    Apr 18, 1935
    Rock record producer Paul Rothchild is born in Brooklyn. Noted for his work with The Doors and Paul Butterfield, he also produces Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 greatest singles



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