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Sep 19, 1916
Songwriter Paul Westmoreland is born in Oklahoma. He is best known for writing "Detour," a western-swing hit recorded by four different acts: Spade Cooley, Foy Willing, Wesley Tuttle and Elton Britt
Dec 3, 1916
Rabon Delmore is born in Elkmont, Alabama. With older sibling Alton Delmore, The Delmore Brothers become a leading duo in the 1930s, with their mix of country and blues leading to a 2001 induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Dec 6, 1916
Record producer Hugo Peretti is born in New York City. With Luigi Creatore, he writes Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling In Love" and produces hits for The Stylistics, Sam Cooke and The Isley Brothers, plus the Jimmie Rodgers crossover hit "Honeycomb"
Jan 12, 1917
Songwriter Tex Grimsley is born in Logansport, Louisiana. He writes Webb Pierce's 1953 hit "I'm Walking The Dog"
Mar 1, 1917
Songwriter, bass player and radio talent Cliffie Stone is born in Stockton, California. He plays on numerous Capitol hits and co-writes "Divorce Me C.O.D." and "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
Mar 23, 1917
Eugene "Smokey" Rogers is born in McMinnville, Tennessee. He scores a 1949 hit with "A Little Bird Told Me," writes Ferlin Husky's "Gone" and Spade Cooley's "You Can't Break My Heart," and plays on hits by Cooley and Tex Williams
Mar 26, 1917
Songwriter Billy Wallace is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He writes several hits for Webb Pierce and Kitty Wells, including Pierce's "Back Street Affair"
May 6, 1917
Songwriter Kal Mann is born in Philadelphia. He authors Elvis Presley's "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
Jun 15, 1917
Songwriter Leon Payne is born in Alba, Texas. He pens Jim Reeves' "Blue Side Of Lonesome," Hank Williams' "Lost Highway" and his own recording of "I Love You Because," becoming a founding member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Jun 20, 1917
Accordion player Ernie Benedict is born in Green River, Wyoming. He earns a 1949 hit with The Polkateers, "Over Three Hills," and writes Ernest Tubb's collaboration with The Andrews Sisters, "I'm Biting My Fingernails And Thinking Of You"
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