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Nov 15, 1911

Songwriter Mann Curtis is born in Brooklyn, New York. He authors "Let It Be Me," an Everly Brothers pop hit that's remade for the country market by Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry in 1968, and by Willie Nelson in 1982

Nov 17, 1911

Wiley Walker is born in Laurel Hill, Florida. Alongside Gene Sullivan, he forms a duo in Dallas in 1939. They record the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again," and score a 1946 hit with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"

Dec 7, 1911

Jazz and blues figure Louis Prima is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A singer and trumpet player, he writes the standard "Sunday Kind Of Love," which becomes a country hit for Reba McEntire in 1988

Feb 5, 1912

Fiddler and songwriter Tex Atchison is born in Rosine, Kentucky. Among his credits: Johnny Bond's "Sick, Sober And Sorry," Johnny Horton's "Sleepy-Eyed John" and Hank Locklin's "We're Gonna Go Fishin'"

Feb 12, 1912

Songwriter Burton Lane is born in New York City. The author of "That Old Devil Moon" and "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever," he also writes Jo Stafford's 1947 country hit "Feudin' And Fightin'"

Jul 5, 1912

Songwriter Mack David is born in New York City. In addition to plenty of film music, he writes such country hits as The Judds' "Born To Be Blue," Marty Robbins' "The Hanging Tree" and Barbara Mandrell's "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache"

Jul 14, 1912

Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie is born in Okemah, Oklahoma. Best known for writing "This Land Is Your Land," he influences the use of folk and country as a tool for social commentary, and is posthumously inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977

Aug 12, 1912

Singer/songwriter Rex Griffin is born in Gadsden, Alabama. He records for Decca in the late-1930s, but makes a stronger mark by writing Eddy Arnold's "Just Call Me Lonesome" and Hank Penny's "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon"

Sep 21, 1912

Ted Daffan is born in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. The singer/songwriter rises to fame in the 1940s with such songs as "Born To Lose" and "Worried Mind," making him one of the original inductees in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970

Oct 31, 1912

Dale Evans is born in Uvalde, Texas. In December 1947, she marries western actor Roy Rogers, with whom she stars on radio and TV. She also writes the couple's theme song, "Happy Trails"

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