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Dec 21, 1954
Steel guitarist Gary Morse is born in Lansing, Michigan. He plays on Sara Evans' "Suds In The Bucket," Steve Azar's "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)" and Dierks Bentley's "Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do"
Jan 30, 1956
Bass player Doug Kahan is born in Detroit, Michigan. He replaces Bryan Grassmeyer in The Gibson/Miller Band in 1992, playing on their album "Red, White And Blue Collar" before the group breaks up. He co-writes Trick Pony's "On A Night Like This"
Aug 16, 1958
Pop singer Madonna is born in Bay City, Michigan. Coming to prominence via dance music in 1983, she's namechecked in Brooks & Dunn's 1993 country hit "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
Jan 12, 1959
Berry Gordy Jr. founds Motown Records in Detroit. The company establishes a country label, Melodyland, in the mid-1970s, launching T.G. Sheppard's first hits, "Devil In The Bottle" and "Tryin' To Beat The Morning Home"
Apr 2, 1959
Dean Townson, from Pirates Of The Mississippi, is born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He plays bass on their lone hit, 1991's "Feed Jake"
Jun 21, 1959
Pop vocalist Marcy Levy is born in Detroit, Michigan. A longtime member of Eric Clapton's band, she co-writes "Lay Down Sally" and appears as a backing vocalist on Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love"
Jun 25, 1959
"Lonely Teardrops" songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. and Raynoma Mayberry Liles have a son, Kerry Berry, in Detroit
Mar 8, 1960
Guitarist Jimmy Dormire is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He replaces Michael Lamb in Confederate Railroad in 1995, after the band's peak years with "Trashy Women," "Queen Of Memphis" and "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind"
Oct 16, 1962
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles record "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" in Detroit, Michigan, at Motown's Hitsville Studio. Mickey Gilley turns the song into a country hit more than 20 years later
Oct 26, 1962
Singer/songwriter Kristen Hall is born in Gross Pointe, Michigan. She becomes a founding member of the trio Sugarland, introduced in 2004, but leaves at the end of 2005 before the act reaches its peak
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