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Sep 6, 1951
Five-year-old Neil Young is discharged from a Toronto hospital after a six-week stay with polio. As an adult, he writes the country hits "Are You Ready For The Country" and "Love Is A Rose"
Sep 19, 1951
Record producer Daniel Lanois is born in Hull, Quebec. Noted for his work with such rock artists as U2, Peter Gabriel and Bob Dylan, he also oversees sessions for Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson
Dec 26, 1951
Neil Young's family sets out from Toronto for New Smyrna Beach, Florida, spending five months in the sun while the six-year-old recovers from polio
Jun 13, 1952
Hank Snow visits patients at the Charles Camsell TB Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. One of the patients, Harry Rusk, is inspired to become a singing Canadian evangelist
May 14, 1953
Rock musician Tom Cochrane is born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba. He writes and records the original version of "Life Is A Highway," remade as a country hit by Rascal Flatts for the movie "Cars"
Jun 3, 1954
Singer/songwriter Dan Hill is born in Toronto. His pop single "Sometimes When We Touch" is remade by Mark Gray & Tammy Wynette, and he writes the Mark Wills hits "I Do (Cherish You)" and "She's In Love," plus Sammy Kershaw's "Love Of My Life"
Dec 31, 1954
Singer/songwriter Charlie Major is born in Aylmer, Quebec. The Canadian star writes Ricky Van Shelton's 1992 hit "Backroads"
Aug 18, 1955
Steve Wilkinson, of The Wilkinsons, is born in Belleville, Ontario. The Canadian family trio, which includes son Tyler and daughter Amanda, enters the national arena with its sentimental 1998 single "26 Cents"
Dec 25, 1955
Rock singer Alannah Myles is born in Toronto, Ontario. Her 1990 pop hit "Black Velvet" is quickly remade as a country single by Robin Lee
Nov 5, 1959
Bryan Adams is born in Vancouver, Canada. The pop/rock star takes record producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange to Nashville for Fan Fair in 1993, where Lange meets future wife Shania Twain. Adams and Lange also co-write the Lonestar hit "You Walked In"
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