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    • Jun 11, 1952
    Donnie Van Zant is born in Jacksonville, Florida. A brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant, he joins 38 Special in the 1970s and forms a side project, Van Zant, with brother Johnny, making inroads in country music in 2005
    Jul 19, 1952
    Guitarist Allen Collins is born in Jacksonville, Florida. During junior high school, he helps form Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose "Sweet Home Alabama" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 10, 1953
    Woody Guthrie suffers severe burns on his right arm in an accidental fire at home while attempting to cook breakfast in a barbecue pit in Beluthahatchee, Florida
    Oct 20, 1953
    Rocker Tom Petty is born in Gainesville, Florida. He writes "Thing About You," by Southern Pacific; "Never Be You," by Rosanne Cash; and "You Got It," by Roy Orbison. He also appears on Hank Williams Jr.'s "Mind Your Own Business"
    Oct 24, 1953
    Drummer Billy Thomas is born in Fort Myers, Florida. As a member of McBride & The Ride, he contributes to four Top 10 hits in the early-1990s, including "Sacred Ground," "Going Out Of My Mind" and "Love On The Loose, Heart On The Mend"
    Feb 1, 1954
    Guitarist Mike Campbell is born in Panama City, Florida. A member of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, he appears on Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
    Jun 15, 1954
    Terri Gibbs is born in Miami, Florida. On the heels of her pop/country hit "Somebody's Knockin'," she wins the Country Music Association's first Horizon award, designed to honor new and developing artists, in 1981
    Jul 29, 1954
    Pete Cassell dies in Key West, Florida. Reaching his peak in the 1940s on a barn dance at Atlanta radio station WSB, the blind singer was a forerunner of such smooth vocalists as Jim Reeves, George Morgan and Eddy Arnold
    Sep 7, 1954
    Keyboard player Benmont Tench is born in Gainesville, Florida. A member of Tom Petty's band, The Heartbreakers, he writes Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You" and Hal Ketchum's "Stay Forever," and plays on country recordings by Travis Tritt, Johnny Cash and Mary Chapin Carpenter
    Dec 13, 1954
    John Anderson is born in Orlando, Florida. Borrowing vocally from Lefty Frizzell, he earns the Country Music Association's Horizon award in 1983 and nets hits with "Swingin'," "Money In The Bank" and "Straight Tequila Night"
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