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  • Jan 25, 1941
    Songwriter/keyboard player Bobby Wood is born near New Albany, Mississippi. He authors Crystal Gayle's "Half The Way" and Ronnie Milsap's "He Got You," and plays on Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Garth Brooks' "The Dance" and Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain"
    May 15, 1941
    Radio station WELO begins broadcasting in Tupelo, Mississippi. It will be the first station on which a young Elvis Presley performs. It also sponsors a talent contest at which he first sings at age 10
    May 5, 1942
    Virginia Wynette Pugh--alias Tammy Wynette--is born in Itawamba County, Mississippi. The Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, nicknamed the First Lady of Country Music, succeeds with a pain-soaked vocal style, exemplified in "Another Lonely Song," "'Til I Get It Right" and "Stand By Your Man"
    May 6, 1942
    J.D. Buffett marries Mary Loraine Peets in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The union produces singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett
    Jul 27, 1942
    Roberta Streeter--a.k.a. Bobbie Gentry--is born in Chickasaw, Mississippi. She wins three Grammys in 1968, including Best New Artist, on the heels of her suspenseful hit "Ode To Billie Joe." Gentry's song "Fancy" later becomes a hit for Reba McEntire
    Aug 6, 1942
    Songwriter Bob Morrison is born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He writes Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love," Kenny Rogers' "You Decorated My Life," Conway Twitty's "Don't Call Him A Cowboy" and Gary Morris' "The Love She Found In Me," among others
    Aug 16, 1942
    R&B singer Robert "Squirrel" Lester is born in McComb, Mississippi. He's a member of The Chi-Lites when the group records the 1972 pop hit "Oh Girl," which becomes a country hit 10 years later for Con Hunley
    Feb 13, 1943
    Tammy Wynette's father, William Hollice Pugh, dies from a brain tumor, less than a year after her birth
    Feb 19, 1943
    Songwriter/keyboard player Bobby Emmons is born in Corinth, Mississippi. In addition to writing Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)" and George Strait's "So Much Like My Dad," he plays on hits by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks and Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Mar 17, 1943
    Songwriter Jim Weatherly is born in Pontotoc, Mississippi. His credits include: Ray Price's "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me," Bob Luman's "Neither One Of Us" and Glen Campbell's "A Lady Like You"

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