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    • Jun 6, 1911
    Songwriter Vaughn Horton is born in Broad Top, Pennsylvania. His songwriting credits include Red Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag" and Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever," and he performs on the 1950 single "Mockin' Bird Hill" as a member of The Pinetoppers
    Jun 14, 1913
    Songwriter/musician Arrett "Rusty" Keefer is born. An associate of Bill Haley, he writes Carl Smith's "Dog-Gone It, Baby, I'm In Love" and is a member of The Pinetoppers, playing on the group's only hit, 1950's "Mockin' Bird Hill"
    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
    Aug 18, 1950
    The Pinetoppers--including Roy and Vaughn Horton, Ray Smith, Rusty Keefer and Johnny Browers--record "Mockin' Bird Hill"
    Oct 1, 1950
    Coral releases The Pinetoppers' "Mockin' Bird Hill"
    Feb 29, 1988
    Songwriter Vaughn Horton dies of a heart attack at his home in New Port Richey, Florida. He wrote Red Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag" and Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever," and was a member of The Pinetoppers, who had a country hit with the 1950 single "Mockin' Bird Hill"
    Sep 23, 2003
    Music publisher Roy Horton dies in Broad Top City, Pennsylvania. He entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982 after working for Peer Music. He also was a member of The Pinetoppers, who earned one country hit: 1950's "Mockin' Bird Hill"
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