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Feb 4, 1943
Record producer/keyboard player Barry Beckett is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He plays on hits by Bob Seger, Rodney Crowell and Willie Nelson, and produces country hits for Kenny Chesney, Lorrie Morgan, Alabama and Hank Williams Jr.
Feb 26, 1943
Guitarist Paul Cotton is born in Camp Rucker, Alabama. He joins Poco, a pioneering group in the growth of country-rock
Mar 16, 1943
Piano player David Briggs is born in Florence, Alabama. He becomes a sideman for Elvis Presley, and plays on hits by Alabama, Reba McEntire, The Statler Brothers, Barbara Mandrell and Donna Fargo, among others
Jun 14, 1943
Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is born in Center Star, Alabama. A pop songwriter who pens "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby," he also writes two Freddy Weller successes, plus "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers," a country hit twice, for Bob Luman and Steve Wariner
Sep 13, 1943
Drummer Jerry Carrigan is born in Florence, Alabama. After starting his career in Muscle Shoals, he moves to Nashville, appearing on hits by the likes of Eddy Arnold, Conway Twitty, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley and Tanya Tucker
Sep 21, 1943
Bass player David Hood is born in Sheffield, Alabama. As a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, he plays with The Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon. He also appears on country hits by T. Graham Brown, The Oak Ridge Boys, John Conlee and Willie Nelson
Feb 5, 1944
Guitarist J.R. Cobb is born in Birmingham, Alabama. Following stints with the pop acts The Classics IV and the Atlanta Rhythm Section, he co-writes Wynonna's 1994 country hit "Rock Bottom"
Dec 15, 1944
Hank Williams marries Audrey Guy at a gas station outside Andalusia, Alabama
Jan 24, 1945
Dobro player Curtis Burch is born in Montgomery, Alabama. He appears on Norman Blake's recording of "You Are My Sunshine" in the multi-platinum "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack
Jan 26, 1946
Hank Williams returns to on-air duties at WSFA Radio in Montgomery, Alabama, where he had played five years before. He becomes a major attraction for the station
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