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    • Nov 13, 1915
    Jack Guthrie is born in Olive, Oklahoma. A cousin of folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie, he lands in country music's Top 10 three times in the mid-1940s before his death in 1948 from tuberculosis
    Nov 26, 1915
    Songwriter Hal Blair is born in Kansas City, Missouri. He writes Elvis Presley's "I Was The One," Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling," Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" and Jim Reeves' "My Lips Are Sealed"
    Dec 19, 1915
    Singer/songwriter Charlie Ryan is born in Graceville, Minnesota. He earns a country hit in 1960 with "Hot Rod Lincoln." The song climbs into pop's Top 10 in 1972 for Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
    Dec 19, 1915
    Songwriter Carl Stutz is born in Richmond, Virginia. An accountant, teacher and disc jockey, he writes "Little Things Mean A Lot," a 1954 pop hit for Kitty Kallen which is resurrected in 1978 for the country audience by Margo Smith
    Jan 4, 1916
    Composer Lionel Newman is born in New Haven, Connecticut. An Oscar-winning contributor to more than 200 movies and TV shows, he writes the theme to "River Of No Return," a 1954 country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Feb 26, 1916
    Actor, comedian and dance band leader Jackie Gleason is born in Brooklyn, New York. Immortalized for his role in the 1950s TV series "The Honeymooners," he writes Jimmy Dean's 1962 country hit "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Mar 26, 1916
    Songwriter Ed Nelson Jr. is born in The Bronx, New York. He authors several Eddy Arnold hits, including "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)," "One Kiss Too Many" and "Will Santa Come To Shanty Town." He joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973
    Apr 12, 1916
    Songwriter Ernie Lee is born in Berea, Kentucky. He authors Pee Wee King's 1949 country hit "Tennessee Tears"
    May 29, 1916
    Carl Story is born in Lenoir, North Carolina. The Father of Bluegrass Gospel, he writes "I Overlooked An Orchid," a hit for Carl Smith and, later, Mickey Gilley
    Jun 17, 1916
    Songwriter Terry Gilkyson is born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He writes Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1950 hit "The Cry Of The Wild Goose"



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