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    • Sep 14, 1908
    Fiddler Billy Hughes is born in Salisaw, Oklahoma. He plays on Jack Guthrie's 1945 recording of "Oklahoma Hills"
    Sep 14, 1908
    Western swing guitarist Harley Huggins is born in Arkansas. He plays on Johnnie Lee Wills' classic "Milk Cow Blues," plus Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' 1945 hit "White Cross On Okinawa"
    Oct 3, 1908
    Lyricist Johnny Burke is born in Antioch, California. Known for such standards as "Pennies From Heaven" and "Swing On A Star," he also pens the words to Erroll Garner's "Misty," which becomes a country hit for Ray Stevens in 1975
    Oct 11, 1908
    Frank Floyd is born in Toccopola, Mississippi. As Harmonica Frank, he records "Rockin' Chair Daddy" for Sun in 1954. The Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" lists it among the 500 greatest country singles in history
    Oct 20, 1908
    Stuart Hamblen is born in Kellyville, Texas. Recording country and gospel songs, he becomes a pioneering western singer on Los Angeles radio. With a career stretching from 1925 to the 1970s, his most familiar legacy is the hymn "It Is No Secret"
    Oct 30, 1908
    Patsy Montana is born in Hope, Arkansas. She records the first million-selling country single by a female, "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart," and enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996
    Nov 10, 1908
    Record producer Paul Cohen is born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1934, he joins Decca Records, where the label signs such acts as Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce and Patsy Cline, earning him a 1976 entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 7, 1908
    Hoyt "Slim" Bryant is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He writes Jimmie Rodgers' 1932 single "Mother, The Queen Of My Heart" and becomes a cast member with WLS Radio's "National Barn Dance"
    Dec 19, 1908
    The Grand Ole Opry's Bill Carlisle is born in Wakefield, Kentucky. Along with brother Cliff, he forms The Carlisles, and their mix of music and humor leads to six Top 10 hits, including "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" and the #1 single "No Help Wanted"
    Dec 25, 1908
    Alton Delmore is born in Elkmont, Alabama. With younger sibling Ramon, he forms The Delmore Brothers, whose mix of country and the blues makes them a popular Grand Ole Opry act in the 1930s and a 2001 entry in the Country Music Hall of Fame



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