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    • May 27, 1921
    Redd Stewart is born in Ashland City, Tennessee. He replaces Eddy Arnold as the featured vocalist in Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, writing the Patti Page classic "Tennessee Waltz" and Ernest Tubb's "Soldier's Last Letter"
    Jul 15, 1921
    Pop musician and songwriter Erroll Garner is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for writing "Misty," a classic that becomes a 1959 hit for Johnny Mathis and a 1975 country hit for Ray Stevens
    Jul 21, 1921
    Guitarist/songwriter Eddie Hill is born in Delano, Tennessee. He plays on numerous recordings by Kitty Wells, Johnnie & Jack and The Louvin Brothers; and writes hits for Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Horton
    Aug 3, 1921
    Lyricist Richard Adler is born in New York City. Best known for working on the musicals "The Pajama Game" and "Damn Yankees," he also authors "The Strange Little Girl," a 1951 country hit for Ernest Tubb and Red Foley
    Sep 8, 1921
    Gospel songwriter Mosie Lister is born in Cochran, Georgia. He authors The Blackwood Brothers' "His Hand In Mine," ranked among country's all-time greatest hits in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Nov 16, 1921
    Songwriter Ben Weisman is born in Providence, Rhode Island. He becomes proficient at landing Elvis Presley cuts, but also generates country hits with Jim Reeves' "My Lips Are Sealed" and Carl Smith's "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
    Dec 26, 1921
    Steve Allen is born in New York. The TV host and comedian writes Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely's 1950 crossover hit, "Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning)"
    Apr 4, 1922
    Film composer Elmer Bernstein is born in New York City. He writes two country hits, Johnny Cash's "The Sons Of Katie Elder" and Glen Campbell's "True Grit"
    May 5, 1922
    Songwriter J.D. Miller is born in Iota, Louisiana. He pens Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
    Jul 24, 1922
    Songwriter Lawton Williams is born in Troy, Tennessee. He writes Gene Watson's "Farewell Party," Bobby Helms' "Fraulein," Hank Locklin's "Geisha Girl" and George Jones' "Color Of The Blues," among others



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