1952 in Country Music - Births

Births

• January 12 — Ricky Van Shelton, honky tonk-styled vocalist of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s.
• January 22 — Teddy Gentry, member of Alabama.
• February 18 — Juice Newton, pop-styled country vocalist of the 1980s.
• May 18 — George Strait, country giant since the early 1980s, who helped revitalize the genre.
• October 11 — Paulette Carlson, female lead vocalist with the band Highway 101 during the peak of its success in the 1980s.