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    • Nov 5, 1914
    Roy Horton is born near Broad Top, Pennsylvania. In the 1940s, he becomes a publisher with Peer-Southern Music, and in 1950 he plays on The Pinetoppers' only hit, "Mockin' Bird Hill." He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982
    Oct 10, 1915
    Record executive Don Pierce is born in Ballard, Washington. He takes over Starday Records in 1958, and the label scores hits with Cowboy Copas' "Alabam," Red Sovine's "Giddyup Go" and Johnny Bond's "10 Little Bottles"
    Oct 21, 1915
    Record producer Owen Bradley is born in Westmoreland, Tennessee. He establishes the first recording studio on what becomes Music Row, heads Decca, and produces Patsy Cline, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, among others, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974
    Feb 6, 1916
    Record executive Irving Green is born in Brooklyn, New York. In Chicago during 1944, he founds Mercury Records, a label associated with such acts as Patti Page, Shania Twain, Toby Keith, The Statler Brothers and Sammy Kershaw
    Nov 16, 1916
    Atlantic Records co-founder Herb Abramson is born in Brooklyn, New York. The company specializes early in R&B and jazz, but a later country division builds the careers of Tracy Lawrence, Neal McCoy and John Michael Montgomery
    Jan 10, 1917

    Producer Jerry Wexler is born in Manhattan. During his Atlantic Records tenure, he oversees Willie Nelson's "Bloody Mary Morning," plus hits by Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke, among others

    Mar 12, 1917
    Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess is born in Motol, Poland. He becomes a major figure in blues and R&B, and produces Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Mar 30, 1917
    Record executive Randy Wood is born in Morrison, Tennessee. He founds Dot Records, which plays a key role in the careers of Donna Fargo, Joe Stampley, Mac Wiseman and Roy Clark
    Oct 6, 1917
    Manager Bob Neal is born to missionaries in the Belgian Congo. He is primarily a radio personality and booking agent before briefly becoming Elvis Presley's manager, prior to the singer's association with Colonel Tom Parker
    Oct 15, 1917
    Entertainment executive Alan Livingston is born in McDonald, Pennsylvania. He runs Capitol Records in the 1960s, when the label includes The Beatles, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, The Beach Boys, Sonny James and Buck Owens



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