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Mar 21, 1931
With Nazis frequently inciting riots at the public performance of his songs, Jewish songwriter Kurt Weill leaves Germany. He moves four years later to the U.S., where he writes "September Song," a 1979 country hit for Willie Nelson
Aug 23, 1931
Songwriter Scott Turner is born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He writes Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Hicktown" and Kay Adams' "Little Pink Mack"
Dec 24, 1931
Hank Snow brings his mother two rabbits for Christmas. His mother's husband threatens to kill Snow if he's still in the house by dinner time on Christmas Day
Feb 27, 1932
Actress Elizabeth Taylor is born in London. She inspires Jimmy Fortune to write The Statler Brothers' hit "Elizabeth" and gets referenced in the 1972 Loretta Lynn single "One's On The Way"
Jun 21, 1932
Conductor and composer Lalo Schifrin is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Noted for writing the "Mission Impossible" theme, he also co-writes Hank Williams Jr.'s 1970 hit "All For The Love Of Sunshine," from the Clint Eastwood film "Kelly's Heroes"
Nov 15, 1932
Pop singer Petula Clark is born in Epsom, England. Best known for her 1964 release "Downtown," she also earns a 1966 hit with "My Love," later revived in country music by Sonny James
Jan 19, 1933
Stu Phillips is born in Montreal. In 1967 he joins Hank Snow as the only Canadian members of the Grand Ole Opry. He becomes a naturalized American citizen during the late-1990s
Feb 18, 1933
Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Japan. She will become the second wife of The Beatles' John Lennon, whose song "I Feel Fine" becomes a country hit in 1989 for Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
Mar 14, 1933
William Borrett, manager of Halifax radio station CHNS, writes Hank Snow's first rejection letter, declining to put The Singing Ranger on the air: "Unless a sponsor was to ask for you, we could not do anything for you"
Sep 25, 1933
Ian Tyson is born in British Columbia, Canada. The folk singer and rodeo cowboy writes Bobby Bare's "Four Strong Winds" and "Someday Soon," a Judy Collins pop recording that becomes a minor country hit for Moe Bandy in 1982 and for Suzy Bogguss in 1991
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