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Mar 23, 1942
Rock record producer Jimmy Miller is born in Brooklyn. He oversees The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Mar 25, 1942
Aretha Franklin is born in Memphis, Tennessee. Known as the Queen of Soul, she records the first version of "Do Right Woman - Do Right Man," a Barbara Mandrell country hit that also provides a name for Mandrell's band, The Do-Rites
Mar 26, 1942
Songwriter/pianist Larry Butler is born in Pensacola, Florida. He heads United Artists Records in the mid-1970s, and becomes the first country figure to win a Grammy for Record Producer of the Year. His production credits include Kenny Rogers, Dottie West, John Denver and Billie Jo Spears
Mar 30, 1942
The crime drama "Gang Busters" debuts in movie theaters with a bit part for "I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven" songwriter Eddie Dean
Mar 30, 1942
Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have a son, Bobby Wright, delivered in Charleston, West Virginia. He has a minor hit in 1971 with "Here I Go Again" and takes a role in the TV show "McHale's Navy"
Mar 30, 1942
Having already extended a contract to Jim Reeves to play baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals send a letter to Reeves, urging him to remain in high school and help his coach achieve a Texas state championship
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