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Mar 14, 1922
Organ player Artie Dunn is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He becomes a member of the pop instrumental act The Three Suns, who score a 1950 country hit with "Beyond The Sunset," featuring Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt
Mar 31, 1922
Fiddler Howdy Forrester is born in Vernon, Tennessee. He joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for two years in the 1940s and plays with Roy Acuff during the '50s
Jul 3, 1922
Fiddler Harold Hensley is born in Whitetop, Virginia. He performs in the 1950s and '60s on hits by HankThompson, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Skeets McDonald and Loretta Lynn, among others
Jul 23, 1922
Bass player English Pierce "Jake" Tullock is born near Etowah, Tennessee. He becomes a member of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys, playing on "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Jul 27, 1922
Rhythm guitarist Howard "Johnny" Johnson is born in Gadsden, Alabama. He plays on a number of Ernest Tubb's 1950s hits, including "Half A Mind," "I Cried A Tear" and "Through That Door"
Aug 23, 1922
Guitarist Smiley Wilson is born in Etowah County, Alabama. He plays on The Louvin Brothers' 1958 hit "My Baby's Gone"
Oct 27, 1922
Cellist Byron Bach is born in Jackson, Kentucky. He becomes a popular session musician, appearing in the string section on such hits as Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden," Tom T. Hall's "I Love" and Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me"
Dec 20, 1922
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester is born. Married to fiddler "Howdy" Forrester, she plays accordion in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for three years during World War II, appearing on record on "Kentucky Waltz"
Dec 26, 1922
Fiddler Harry Choates is born in Rayne, Louisiana. The Cajun performer is best known for his recording of the standard "Jole Blon"
Mar 2, 1923
Doc Watson is born in Deep Gap, North Carolina. A blind acoustic guitarist, he joins The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on its album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and collects seven Grammy awards
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