Cliff Richard's 86th Birthday
Cliff Richard, born in India 86 years ago, dominated UK charts before Beatlemania.
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Marcia Barrett: Disco Icon Born 78 Years Ago
Jamaican disco legend Marcia Barrett, who sold 150 million records with Boney M., released a cancer-fighting EP in 2003.
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Shane McAnally's 52nd Birthday
Shane McAnally, the Nashville songwriter behind Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves' hits, turns 52 today.
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George Jones Sideman Sonny Curtis Dies
Sonny Curtis, George Jones' pedal steel guitarist, died 7 years ago today after hating the instrument he became famous for.
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Todd Snider's 60th Birthday
Todd Snider, the alt-country pioneer who died at 59, released 17 albums before his tragic death.
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Tanya Tucker's 68th Birthday
13-year-old country star Tanya Tucker, born in Texas 1958, stars in her own reality show after 68 years in music.
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Scotty McCreery Turns 34
Scotty McCreery, the youngest American Idol winner, celebrates 34th birthday after 15 years of chart success.
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Susan Raye's 82nd Birthday
Susan Raye, born in Oregon 82 years ago, scored top 10 country hits with Buck Owens in the 1970s.
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Sam Brown's 62nd Birthday
Sam Brown, the blue-eyed soul singer who backed George Harrison and Pink Floyd, scores a top 5 hit with her solo work.
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Dale Watson: Ameripolitan Music Pioneer
Dale Watson, born in Alabama 64 years ago, rejected Nashville for his own genre blending country and rock.
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Johnny Duncan's 88th Birthday
Texas country star Johnny Duncan, born 88 years ago today, scored hits in the 1970s.
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Lloyd Green's 89th Birthday
Lloyd Green, the pedal steel legend born in Mississippi, played on 116 number-one country hits.
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Loretta Lynn's Legacy
Loretta Lynn, the first female country artist to win Entertainer of the Year, died at 90 after inspiring an Oscar-winning film.
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Dolly Parton's Favorite Song Released 55 Years Ago
Dolly Parton released her favorite song, 'Coat of Many Colors,' 55 years ago today.
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Leroy Van Dyke's 97th Birthday
Leroy Van Dyke, the country singer born 97 years ago today in Missouri, scored a top 10 hit with a song about his auctioneer cousin.
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Woody Guthrie's 59th Anniversary of Death
Woody Guthrie, the folk icon who shaped country and rock, died 59 years ago today.
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Lindsey Buckingham Turns 77
Lindsey Buckingham, born 77 years ago today in California, is the master guitarist behind Fleetwood Mac’s best-selling rock band.
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