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Aug 2, 1937
Keyboard player Garth Hudson is born in Canada. He joins The Band, a rock group that tours with Bob Dylan for two years. The Country Music Foundation ranks the group's "Up On Cripple Creek" among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
Nov 6, 1937
Hank Snow begins four days of recording at RCA's new recording studio in Montreal. "The Blue Velvet Band" becomes his first Canadian hit
Feb 2, 1938
Songwriter Gene MacLellan is born in Val-d'Or, Quebec. He authors the pop hit "Put Your Hand In The Hand" and Anne Murray's "Snowbird"
Nov 17, 1938
Gordon Lightfoot is born in Orillia, Ontario. The pop singer/songwriter crosses into the country charts with his million-selling 1974 single "Sundown," and writes Marty Robbins' "Ribbon Of Darkness" and George Hamilton IV's "Early Morning Rain"
Mar 21, 1940
Gary Buck is born in Thessalon, Ontario. While working as a cost analyst for a steel company, he gains his sole American country hit in 1963 with the Bobby Bare-penned "Happy To Be Unhappy"
Apr 22, 1940
Songwriter Ray Griff is born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He pens Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton's "You Better Move It On Home," Gene Watson's "Where Love Begins" and Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke's "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"
Jun 18, 1940
Scott Young marries Rassy Ragland in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The union produces a son, Neil Young, who writes two country hits: Linda Ronstadt's "Love Is A Rose" and Waylon Jennings' "Are You Ready For The Country"
Aug 4, 1940
Bob Luman's future wife, Barbara, is born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Aug 6, 1940
Canadian singer/songwriter Myrna Lorrie is born in Fort William, Ontario. She teams with Buddy DeVal for the 1955 duet "Are You Mine." Their country hit is also covered by Red Sovine and Goldie Hill
Sep 19, 1940
Sylvia Fricker is born in Chatham, Ontario. She becomes one-half of the folk duo Ian & Sylvia after marrying Ian Tyson, the author of the country hits "Four Strong Winds" and "Someday Soon"
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