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Jul 6, 1892
Lyricist Jack Yellen is born in Poland. He writes The Blue Sky Boys' "Are You From Dixie?" and Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee"
Oct 30, 1892
Body-building specialist Charles Atlas is born in Acri, Italy. Creating a niche with a program that promises to transform the "97-pound weakling" into a muscle man, he's hailed in The Statler Brothers' 1972 hit "Do You Remember These"
Apr 18, 1893
Songwriter Georges Boulanger is born in Tulcea, Romania. He co-writes The Platters' "My Prayer," which also becomes a Top 15 country hit for Narvel Felts
Oct 25, 1893
Classical composer Petr Tchaikovsky dies under mysterious conditions, of cholera or from suicide, in Russia. In 1974, he's namechecked in the George Jones & Tammy Wynette country hit "(We're Not) The Jet Set"
Feb 7, 1894
Antoine Sax dies in Paris, France. He invented the saxophone, an instrument that will provide a career for Nashville session player Boots Randolph
May 10, 1894
Dimitri Tiomkin is born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. He becomes a major film composer, writing the scores for more than 100 pictures. He also co-writes the Oscar-winning theme to "High Noon," performed by Tex Ritter
Jun 2, 1895
Songwriter Jean Villard is born in Montreux, Switzerland. He writes The Browns' 1959 crossover hit "The Three Bells"
Jul 1, 1898
Colonel Teddy Roosevelt leads the Rough Riders as they capture San Juan Hill near Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War. The battle is referenced in The Henningsens' 2013 country hit "American Beautiful"
Mar 2, 1900
Pop songwriter Kurt Weill is born in Dessau, Germany. He writes the Bobby Darin hit "Mack The Knife" plus "September Song," a traditional-pop standard revived for the "Stardust" album by Willie Nelson
Jul 10, 1900
Pop songwriter Mitchell Parish is born in Lithuania. His song "Star Dust" becomes the title of a landmark Willie Nelson album in 1978
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