1959 in Country Music - Births

Births

• January 7 — David Lee Murphy, singer-songwriter of the mid-1990s.
• March 2 — Larry Stewart, lead singer of the 1980s country pop group Restless Heart.
• May 4 — Randy Travis, key artist of the new traditionalist movement of the mid-1980s.
• June 21 — Kathy Mattea, folk-styled country artist of the 1980s.
• June 27 — Lorrie Morgan, country star of the 1990s; daughter of Grand Ole Opry favorite George Morgan.
• July 20 — Radney Foster, songwriter and one half of the late-1980s duo Foster & Lloyd; also, a solo artist during the early 1990s.
• August 7 — Michael Peterson, singer of the latter half of the 1990s.
• September 14 — John Berry, singer-songwriter of the mid-1990s.
• October 13 — Marie Osmond, member of the Osmond family who enjoyed success in the country genre during the 1970s and 1980s.
• December 8 — Marty Raybon, lead singer of Shenandoah.