This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include:
July 7 - Charlie Louvin (1927)
July 7 - Doyle Wilburn (Wilburn Bros.) (1930) (died 10/16/82)
July 7 - Michelle Branch (The Wreckers) (1983)
July 8 - Fred Young (The Kentucky Headhunters) (1958)
July 8 - Toby Keith (1961)
July 9 - Jesse McReynolds (Jim & Jesse) (1929)
July 9 - David Ball (1952 or 1953)
July 10 - Béla Fleck (1958)
July 10 - "Hawk" Shaw Wilson (BR5-49) (1960)
July 10 - Ken Mellons (1965)
July 10 - Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts) (1970)
July 11 - Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) (1947)
July 13 - Louise Mandrell (1954)
July 13 - Victoria Shaw (1962)
July 13 - Neil Thrasher (Thrasher Shiver) (1963)
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According to Nicole Kidman's representative, Nicole gave birth to a baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban on July 7, 2008 in Nashville, TN. The child is the first for Kidman and hubby Keith Urban. Kidman also has two children, who are now teenagers, which she adopted with former husband Tom Cruise.