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  • Jul 1, 1908
    Alvino Rey, the King of the Swing Guitar, is born in Oakland, California. One of pop music's first electric guitarists, he backs Elvis Presley on "Can't Help Falling In Love" and marries The King Sisters' Louise King
    Dec 19, 1908
    The Grand Ole Opry's Bill Carlisle is born in Wakefield, Kentucky. Along with brother Cliff, he forms The Carlisles, and their mix of music and humor leads to six Top 10 hits, including "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" and the #1 single "No Help Wanted"
    Dec 25, 1908
    Alton Delmore is born in Elkmont, Alabama. With younger sibling Ramon, he forms The Delmore Brothers, whose mix of country and the blues makes them a popular Grand Ole Opry act in the 1930s and a 2001 entry in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 10, 1909
    Mother Maybelle Carter is born in Nickelsville, Virginia. With her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, they form the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music. They enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    May 10, 1909
    Mother Maybelle Carter is born in Nickelsville, Virginia. With her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, they form the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music. They enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Nov 8, 1909
    Scotty Wiseman is born in Ingalls, North Carolina. In 1934, he marries Lulu Belle Stamey, with whom he forms one of country music's leading husband-and-wife duos. He also writes "Mountain Dew" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
    Jan 27, 1910
    Walter "Joe" Callahan is born in Madison County, North Carolina. With younger sibling Bill, he forms The Callahan Brothers, a significant duo that records for the ARC label during the 1930s
    Jun 17, 1910
    Red Foley is born in Blue Lick, Kentucky. Following his sentimental hit about his dog, "Old Shep," he becomes a major figure on the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and '50s. The grandfather of Debby Boone, he enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967
    Jul 18, 1910
    Keyboard player Lou Busch is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the stage name Joe "Fingers" Carr, he joins Tennessee Ernie Ford on the 1951 country hit "Tailor Made Woman." He marries pop/country singer Margaret Whiting from 1950-1953
    Aug 10, 1910
    Ernest "Jim" Carter is born in Tioga, Texas. He joins the family gospel group The Chuck Wagon Gang, whose "After The Sunrise" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"

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