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    • Jan 10, 1951
    Sony executive Allen Butler is born in Clarksville, Tennessee. Under his leadership in the 1990s, Wade Hayes, Rick Trevino, The Kinleys and The Dixie Chicks all have their first records released
    Jun 10, 1952
    Thom Schuyler is born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He writes Kenny Rogers' "Love Will Turn You Around," Lacy J. Dalton's "16th Avenue" and Eddie Rabbitt's "I Don't Know Where To Start" before joining Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet. He also serves as the head of RCA's country division
    Oct 2, 1952
    Shelia Shipley Biddy is born in Scottsville, Kentucky. In 1993, she becomes the first woman named to head a major country label when MCA re-activates Decca
    Mar 15, 1954
    Record executive Mike Dungan is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He becomes the head of Capitol's Nashville division in 2000, taking part in the careers of Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan, among others. In 2012, he leads the merged Universal Music Group, which includes MCA and Mercury
    May 10, 1956
    Randy Goodman is born. He becomes the chief of Disney's Lyric Street label when it opens in Nashville in 1997, working with Rascal Flatts, SHeDAISY and Aaron Tippin. He takes over Sony Nashville in 2015, signing such acts as Kane Brown, Maren Morris and Luke Combs
    Aug 31, 1956
    Narvel Blackstock is born in Tarrant County, Texas. He plays steel guitar for Reba McEntire and becomes her husband from 1989-2015. He also manages her during that period, and will also manage Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson
    Nov 23, 1958
    Pam Lewis is born in Rhinebeck, New York. She works for MTV in New York and RCA in Nashville before becoming the co-manager of Garth Brooks in 1988, continuing the association until a nasty split with her partner, Bob Doyle, in 1994
    May 17, 1960
    TV executive and artist manager Simon Fuller is born in Hastings, England. The creator of "American Idol," he signs Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler to management deals with his company, 19 Entertainment
    Jul 3, 1962
    Scott Borchetta is born in Burbank, California. After more than 15 years in record promotion, he forms Big Machine Records, taking part in the careers of Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire, Brantley Gilbert, Rascal Flatts and Florida Georgia Line
    Mar 25, 1963
    Jimmy Harnen is born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He will become the head of Republic Nashville Records, influential in the careers of The Band Perry, A Thousand Horses and The Eli Young Band



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