Nov 1, 1953

Producer/songwriter Keith Stegall is born in Wichita Falls, Texas. Stegall produces Alan Jackson, The Zac Brown Band and Craig Campbell, and writes such hits as "Don't Rock The Jukebox," Mickey Gilley's "Lonely Nights," Glen Campbell's "A Lady Like You" and Mark Wills' "I Do (Cherish You)"

Nov 1, 1953

Songwriter Max D. Barnes marries Patsy. Barnes' credits include Vern Gosdin's "Chiseled In Stone," Conway Twitty's "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" and George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes"

Nov 1, 1952

Dixie Lee, the wife of pop singer Bing Crosby, dies of ovarian cancer in Los Angeles' exclusive Holmby Hills neighborhood. The previous decade, Crosby netted a country hit with "Pistol Packin' Mama," a duet with The Andrews Sisters

Nov 1, 1952

Chuck Berry, the future author of "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," has his second daughter, Melody Berry, in St. Louis, Missouri

Nov 1, 1951

Cole Porter, co-author of "Don't Fence Me In," is released from Doctors Hospital in New York after a stay of nearly four weeks in which he underwent repeated shock therapy for emotional problems

Nov 1, 1947

Eddy Arnold reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)." It spends a total of 21 weeks at the top

Nov 1, 1946

Lester Flatt has a son, Lester Flatt Jr.

Nov 1, 1945

Gene Autry records "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" and "Silver Spurs (On The Golden Stairs)" at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles

Nov 1, 1940

Sgt. Barry Sadler is born in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He joins the Army's Special Forces and serves in Vietnam until his leg is injured in a poisoned booby trap. After returning to the U.S., he writes and records the million-selling single "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"

Nov 1, 1938

Decca releases Jimmie Davis' "Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland"