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Oct 14, 1926
Kenny Roberts is born in Lenoir City, Tennessee, with the given name George Kingsbury. The yodeling singer/songwriter earns a handful of country hits on Coral Records in 1949 and 1950
Oct 18, 1926
Chuck Berry is born in San Jose. A seminal rock & roll guitarist, he sees many of his songs remade as country hits, including George Jones & Johnny Paycheck's "Mabellene," Buck Owens' "Johnny B. Goode" and Emmylou Harris' "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
Nov 2, 1926
Charlie Walker is born in Copeville, Texas. Following a career as a country disc jockey in San Antonio, he develops a handful of hits, including the 1958 shuffle "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down," en route to membership in the Grand Ole Opry
Nov 3, 1926
Guitarist Ray Edenton is born in Mineral, Virginia. A member of Nashville's A-Team, his credits include George Jones' "The Grand Tour," Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams," Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" and Roger Miller's "King Of The Road"
Nov 25, 1926
Hiram Abiff "Biff" Collie is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He becomes one of country music's pioneering disc jockeys in San Antonio, Houston and Southern California. His second wife, Shirley Collie, eventually marries and records with Willie Nelson
Nov 27, 1926
Guitarist Sammy Pruett is born in Goodwater, Alabama. The brother-in-law of Jeanne Pruett, he appears on hits by Hank Williams, Carl Smith and Ray Price, including "Cold, Cold Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'," "Loose Talk," "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" and "I've Got A New Heartache"
Dec 11, 1926
Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton is born in Montgomery, Alabama. She scores an R&B hit with "Hound Dog," which later becomes a massive pop and country hit for Elvis Presley
Dec 21, 1926
Freddie Hart is born in Lochapoka, Alabama. A songwriter who pens hits for Porter Wagoner, Carl Smith and George Jones, he earns his largest acclaim as an artist with "Easy Loving," the Country Music Association's Song of the Year in 1971 and '72
Dec 23, 1926
Pop singer Harold Dorman is born in Drew, Mississippi. He has a hit in 1960 with the self-penned "Mountain Of Love," remade in 1964 by Johnny Rivers. It's a hit in 1982 for Charley Pride, who also sings Dorman's "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
Jan 9, 1927
Artist manager Jack McFadden is born in Sikeston, Missouri. His clients will include Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus
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