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    • Oct 24, 1927
    Songwriter Gilbert Becaud is born in Toulon, France. He writes "Let It Be Me," which becomes a country hit three times: for The Everly Brothers, for Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry and for Willie Nelson
    Oct 31, 1927
    Anita Kerr is born in Memphis. She forms The Anita Kerr Singers, a background vocal group that plays a role in such hits as Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Bobby Bare's "Detroit City"
    Nov 8, 1927
    Patti Page is born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Primarily a pop singer, she gains a monumental country hit in 1951 with her rendition of "The Tennessee Waltz"
    Nov 21, 1927
    B.L. "Slim" Williamson is born in Arcade, Georgia. He produces a pair of Ronnie McDowell hits for Scorpion Records in 1977 and '78: "Here Comes The Reason I Live" and "I Love You, I Love You, I Love You"
    Nov 26, 1927
    Songwriter Gwen Gordy is born in Detroit, Michigan. A sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., she co-writes Jackie Wilson's classic "Lonely Teardrops," which Narvel Felts refashions as a country hit in 1976
    Dec 3, 1927
    Ferlin Husky is born in Flat River, Missouri. His 1956 single "Gone" establishes the Nashville Sound. He also has a landmark with the gospel-themed "Wings Of A Dove" and enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010
    Dec 24, 1927
    Gospel singer Jake Hess is born in Mount Pisgah, Alabama. As a member of The Statesmen Quartet, he records "This Ole House," hailed in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
    Dec 30, 1927
    Bob Ferguson is born in Willow Springs, Missouri. He produces Connie Smith, Dolly Parton and Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius, and writes Ferlin Husky's "Wings Of A Dove" and Porter Wagoner's "The Carroll County Accident"
    Jan 8, 1928
    Luther Perkins is born in Tennessee. The guitarist plays an essential role in defining Johnny Cash's "boom-chicka-boom" rockabilly sound, beginning in 1955. Perkins is lauded in the title of Cash's Top 10 1959 single "Luther Played The Boogie"
    Jan 26, 1928
    James O'Gwynn is born in Winchester, Mississippi. Nicknamed the Smilin' Irishman, he earns his biggest hit in 1962 with the Bill Anderson song "My Name Is Mud"



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