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Apr 9, 1945
Gus Hardin is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A tough-voiced club singer, she rises to prominence in the mid-1980s, earning Top 10 releases with "After The Last Goodbye" and a duet with Earl Thomas Conley, "All Tangled Up In Love"
Dec 4, 1945
Singer/songwriter Gary P. Nunn is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. A key figure in the rise of Texas country, he writes the Willie Nelson hit "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning" and Rosanne Cash's "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right"
Apr 26, 1946
"The Long Black Veil" songwriter Marijohn Wilkin has a son, John "Bucky" Wilkin, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He sings lead on the 1964 Ronny & The Daytonas pop hit "G.T.O." and plays on several Waylon Jennings singles
Aug 15, 1946
Songwriter Jimmy Webb is born in Elk City, Oklahoma. He writes "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman," by Glen Campbell; and "Highwayman," by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson
Sep 18, 1946
Comedian Gailard Sartain is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Beginning in 1972, he spends two decades as a "Hee Haw" cast member
Nov 13, 1946
Red dirt singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is born in Soper, Oklahoma. He goes on to earn Americana awards nominations during the 21st century. He also gets mentioned in Eric Church's 2015 country hit "Mr. Misunderstood" and co-writes Church's 2018 single "Desperate Man"
Dec 9, 1946
Patti Page leaves Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she's a star on radio station KTUL, for Chicago. Within seven months, she has her first recording contract
Apr 18, 1947
Keyboard player Walt Richmond is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a member of The Tractors, he appears on the hit "Baby Likes To Rock It"
Sep 23, 1947
Mary Kay Place is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She scores a 1976 hit with "Baby Boy" and a 1977 success with Willie Nelson on "Something To Brag About," coinciding with her role as Loretta Haggers on the TV satire "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"
Nov 20, 1947
Drummer George Grantham is born in Cordell, Oklahoma. He joins Poco, a pioneering country-rock band, and also plays with Ricky Skaggs, handling the sticks on "Country Boy," "Uncle Pen" and "Something In My Heart"
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