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Apr 14, 1928
Songwriter Lee Rosenberg is born. She authors the Elvis Presley hit "Too Much"
Apr 21, 1928
Hank Williams' bass player, Hillous Butrum, is born in Lafayette, Tennessee. He remains with Williams for just one year, however, leaving the Drifting Cowboys in July 1950 to join Hank Snow's band
Apr 25, 1928
Fiddler Vassar Clements is born in Kinard, South Carolina. He gains five Grammy nominations while playing everything from bluegrass to jazz, including an appearance on The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's classic "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
May 1, 1928
Sonny James is born in Hackleburg, Alabama. Nicknamed the Southern Gentleman, he registers 16 straight #1 singles from 1967-1972, including "Running Bear" and "Heaven Says Hello." He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006
May 3, 1928
Dave Dudley is born in Spencer, Wisconsin. His gruff vocals populate several of country's biggest truckin' records in the 1960s, particularly "Six Days On The Road" and "Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun"
May 5, 1928
Bass player Marshall Grant is born near Bryson City, North Carolina. He spends more than 20 years playing in Johnny Cash's band and eventually becomes manager of The Statler Brothers. Among Grant's credits: "Daddy Sang Bass," "I Walk The Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues"
May 8, 1928
Fiddler Benny Martin is born in Sparta, Tennessee. Beginning professionally as a teenager, he becomes a sideman for Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Kitty Wells and Roy Acuff, among others
May 12, 1928
Pop songwriter Burt Bacharach is born in Kansas City, Missouri. Best known for the songs he co-writes with Hal David for Dionne Warwick, Bacharach earns country hits by writing Ronnie Milsap's "Any Day Now," Marty Robbins' "The Story Of My Life" and Sonny James' "Only Love Can Break A Heart"
May 15, 1928
Songwriter Wally Gold is born in Brooklyn, New York. He authors a pair of Elvis Presley hits: "It's Now Or Never" and "Good Luck Charm"
May 17, 1928
Ben Smathers is born in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He forms The Stoney Mountain Cloggers, a country dance troupe that performs on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry from 1957-1993
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