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    • Sep 25, 1928
    Violinist Martin Katahn is born in Utica, New York. He plays with Nashville string sections on a number of country hits, including Elvis Presley's "Moody Blue," Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden," Ray Price's "For The Good Times" and Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Sep 30, 1928
    TV producer Sam Lovullo is born in Buffalo, New York. After working on "The Jonathan Winters Show," he helps launch "Hee Haw," a long-running mix of comedy and country music co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark
    Oct 30, 1928
    Steel guitarist Billy Bowman is born in Johnson City, Tennessee. As a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1950-1957, he plays on the classic "Faded Love"
    Nov 15, 1928
    William Fries is born in Audobon, Iowa. Under the name C.W. McCall, he gains a million-selling novelty hit in 1975 with "Convoy," using the lingo of the trendy CB radio to relate a cross-country trucker caravan
    Dec 3, 1928
    Easy-going pop vocalist Andy Williams is born in Wall Lake, Iowa. His 1959 hit "Lonely Street" is remade for the country market in 1977 by Rex Allen Jr.
    Dec 14, 1928
    Walter Haynes is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He plays steel guitar on records by Little Jimmy Dickens and Patsy Cline, writes Del Reeves' "Girl On The Billboard," and produces hits by Jeanne Pruett, Mel Tillis and Cal Smith, among others
    Dec 15, 1928
    Jerry Wallace is born in Guilford, Missouri. After a minor pop/rock career in the 1960s, he shifts into country music, netting four hit singles in the 1970s, with "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" earning the largest success
    Dec 15, 1928
    Ernie Ashworth is born in Huntsville, Alabama. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1964 on the heels of his hit "Talk Back Trembling Lips," which inspires his trademark suits, embroidered with large, sequined lips
    Dec 22, 1928
    Steel guitarist Don Davis is born in Calvert, Alabama. He performs with Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys and Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours, playing on Tubb's "White Christmas" and "Blue Christmas"
    Dec 23, 1928
    Drummer Buddy Harman is born in Nashville. A member of the "A-Team" of session musicians, his credits include The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love," Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy," among others



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