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Nov 27, 1924
Songwriter Werly Fairburn is born at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. He writes Carl Smith's "I Feel Like Cryin'" and Jim Reeves' "I Guess I'm Crazy"
Feb 27, 1925
Rockabilly artist Sid "Hardrock" Gunter is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He writes Red Foley's 1950 hit "Birmingham Bounce"
Mar 5, 1925
Guitarist Jimmy Bryant is born in Pavo, Georgia. Based in Los Angeles, he plays on numerous sessions and teams with Speedy West for some scintillating instrumental duets. Bryant also writes Waylon Jennings' "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line"
Mar 6, 1925
Singer/songwriter Jean Chapel is born in Neon, Kentucky. She records with Sun Records during the 1950s, but scores her greatest successes writing Eddy Arnold's "Lonely Again" and Jerry Wallace's "To Get To You"
Apr 12, 1925
Ned Miller is born in Raines, Utah. He gains one of the biggest hits of 1963, "From A Jack To A King," and writes Sonny James' "Behind The Tear"
Jun 27, 1925
Songwriter Doc Pomus is born in New York. Pomus specializes in pop/rock/R&B songs, but several of them become country records, including "Little Sister," by Dwight Yoakam; and "Save The Last Dance For Me," by Emmylou Harris
Aug 7, 1925
Songwriter Felice Bryant is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With husband Boudleaux Bryant, she writes such hits as "Hole In My Pocket," by Ricky Van Shelton; "Devoted To You," by The Everly Brothers; and "Rocky Top," by The Osborne Brothers. The Bryants enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1991
Aug 21, 1925
Songwriter/producer Ed Penney is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He writes and produces Terri Gibbs' crossover hit "Somebody's Knockin'" and authors Moe Bandy's "Two Lonely People"
Sep 3, 1925
Hank Thompson is born in Waco, Texas. His mix of honky-tonk and Western swing makes him one of country's top acts in the 1950s and early-'60s. His signature song, "The Wild Side Of Life," aids his 1989 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Sep 6, 1925
Blues singer/songwriter Jimmy Reed is born in Dunleith, Mississippi. Sonny James remakes Reed's 1961 release "Bright Lights, Big City" as a country hit in 1971
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