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    • Aug 5, 1941
    Songwriter Daniel Moore is born in Walla Walla, Washington. He co-writes "My Maria" with B.W. Stevenson, eventually watching Brooks & Dunn earn a country hit with the song in 1996
    Aug 15, 1941
    Don Ulich is born in Olympia, Washington. As Don Rich, he handles lead guitar and harmony vocals for Buck Owens' Buckaroos, who mix rock 'n' roll energy with a honky-tonk base. Rich participates in such hits as "Love's Gonna Live Here," "Together Again," "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" and "Act Naturally"
    Aug 1, 1942
    Gene Autry reports for Army duty at Fort Bolling in Washington
    Nov 27, 1942
    Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle, Washington. The innovative rock guitarist inspires Billy Joel to write the Garth Brooks hit "Shameless" and gets namechecked in Wynonna's "Girls With Guitars"
    Mar 3, 1947
    Pop singer Jennifer Warnes is born in Seattle, Washington. Best known for duets with Joe Cocker and Bill Medley, she makes a pair of minor country hits: 1977's "Right Time Of The Night" and 1979's "I Know A Heartache When I See One"
    Jan 7, 1948
    Kenny Loggins is born in Everett, Washington. A cousin of songwriter Dave Loggins, Kenny records with country music's Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and writes Anne Murray's country hits "Danny's Song" and "Love Song"
    Feb 9, 1948
    Songwriter Tom Jans is born in Yakima, Washington. He authors "Loving Arms," a Dobie Gray recording that becomes a country hit for Elvis Presley in 1981
    Jul 19, 1948
    Keyboard player Keith Godchaux is born in Seattle. In 1971, he joins the psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead; 25 years later, the group is threaded into the lyrics of Lonestar's country hit "No News"
    Nov 26, 1948
    Loretta Lynn and her husband, Mooney Lynn, become parents with the arrival of their first daughter, Betty Sue Lynn, in Bellingham, Washington
    Jun 13, 1949
    Ray Charles records under contract for the first time, as a member of The Maxin Trio in Seattle. Among his later recordings are 1962's "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" and 1985's country duet with Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels"
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