1955 in Country Music - Births

Births

• March 11 — Jimmy Fortune, songwriter and member of The Statler Brothers (he sang tenor).
• March 17 — Paul Overstreet, singer-songwriter who penned hit singles for artists such as Randy Travis and Tanya Tucker, and also had a career as a recording artist as well.
• March 26 — Dean Dillon, songwriter whose works were instrumental in the new traditionalist movement of the 1980s.
• March 28 — Reba McEntire, singer and actress who has enjoyed fame since the early 1980s.
• May 11 — Mark Herndon, drummer with Alabama.
• May 12 — Kix Brooks, half of Brooks & Dunn; host of radio's American Country Countdown.
• May 24 — Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash; rose to fame in the early 1980s for her "alternative country" style.
• July 1 — Keith Whitley, honky tonk-styled singer of the 1980s (died 1989)
• September 24 — Lane Brody, female vocalist best known for dueting with Johnny Lee on 1984's "The Yellow Rose."
• November 1 — Keith Stegall, record producer who enjoyed a string of hits in the mid-1980s.