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Jun 29, 1910
Broadway composer Frank Loesser is born in New York City. His successes include several songs remade for the country charts: "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Wave To Me, My Lady" and "Jingle Jangle Jingle"
Jul 19, 1910
Songwriter and disc jockey Fred Kirby is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He writes The Buchanan Brothers' post-World War II hit "Atomic Power"
Aug 1, 1910
Songwriter Jimmie Crane is born in Providence, Rhode Island. He authors "Hurt," which becomes a country hit for Connie Cato, for Elvis Presley and for Juice Newton. Crane also writes Margo Smith's "If I Give My Heart To You"
Dec 4, 1910
Songwriter Alex North is born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He finds his greatest success as the co-writer of "Unchained Melody," a pop hit that also finds favor in country music: for Elvis Presley in 1978 and for LeAnn Rimes in 1997
Dec 17, 1910
Singer/songwriter Spade Cooley is born in Grand, Oklahoma. A fiddler and bandleader, he brings the phrase "western swing" into widespread use, building such 1940s hits as "Shame On You" and "Detour"
May 16, 1911
Songwriter Troy Martin is born in Danville, Virginia. He works with the likes of Art Satherley, Gene Autry and Johnny Horton, and co-writes Ernest Tubb's "Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home"
Jun 6, 1911
Songwriter Vaughn Horton is born in Broad Top, Pennsylvania. His songwriting credits include Red Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag" and Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever," and he performs on the 1950 single "Mockin' Bird Hill" as a member of The Pinetoppers
Jul 25, 1911
Songwriter Mel Foree is born in McMinn County, Tennessee. Employed as a song plugger by Acuff-Rose Music, he writes a Gene Watson hit, "No One Will Ever Know"
Sep 6, 1911
Zeke Clements is born on a farm near Warrior, Alabama. A Grand Ole Opry member who writes Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water" and several Eddy Arnold hits, he also does the yodeling for the animated character Bashful in Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
Sep 16, 1911
Paul Henning is born in Independence, Missouri. He creates the series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction" and writes their theme songs, performed by Flatt & Scruggs. He's also involved in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Green Acres"
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