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    • Aug 27, 1949
    Guitarist/vocalist Jeff Cook is born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He founds the band Alabama with two cousins, grabbing multiple Entertainer of the Year awards on their way to the Country Music Hall of Fame 
    Dec 13, 1949
    Randy Owen is born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He becomes the lead singer for Alabama, whose blend of country and Southern rock yields numerous gold and platinum honors and a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 22, 1952
    Alabama bass player Teddy Gentry is born in Fort Payne, Alabama. The band mixes country with southern rock in becoming the hottest country act of the 1980s, eventually entering the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 11, 1955
    Alabama drummer Mark Herndon is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He joins the Hall of Fame band in 1979, just prior to its launch into country's mainstream. Herndon is a live fixture with the group, though he rarely plays on its recordings
    Jul 1, 1972
    Alabama, operating under the name Wildcountry, gives its first public performance at the Canyon Land theme park in Alabama
    Mar 5, 1973
    Alabama, billed as Wildcountry, makes its debut at The Bowery in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The band remains regulars at the club for the next seven years
    Feb 11, 1975
    Randy Owen and his wife, Kelly, are married
    Jun 23, 1977
    GRT releases Alabama's first single, "I Wanna Be With You Tonight"
    Apr 1, 1979
    Mark Herndon joins Alabama as the band's drummer
    Mar 28, 1980
    Alabama records "Why Lady Why"
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