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    • May 11, 1909
    Banjo player Ocie Stockard is born in Crafton, Texas. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1945, performing over the ensuing seven years on such hits as "Keeper Of My Heart," "Bubbles In My Beer" and "Texarkana Baby"
    May 13, 1909
    Songwriter Ken Darby is born in Hebron, Nebraska. He writes Tennessee Ernie Ford's "River Of No Return" and works on the music in such films as "The Wizard Of Oz," "The Kind And I" and "Camelot"
    May 26, 1909
    Blues guitarist Papa Charlie McCoy is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He supports Tommy Johnson on the 1928 recording "Cool Drink Of Water Blues." It will be ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 30, 1909
    Banjo player Lewis Crook is born in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. He joins The Crook Brothers, to whom he is not related, and the act performs on the Grand Ole Opry for a whopping 62 years
    Jun 12, 1909
    Record producer Archie Bleyer is born in Corona, Long Island. The musical director of Arthur Godfrey's TV show, Bleyer founds Cadence Records, where he produces numerous Everly Brothers hits, including "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie"
    Jun 14, 1909
    Burl Ives is born in Hunt, Illinois. The folk singer--and narrator of TV's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"--registers five country hits during his career, including "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way Of Laughin'"
    Jun 26, 1909
    Colonel Tom Parker is born in Breda, Holland, his real name: Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk. He manages Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow and, of course, Elvis Presley
    Jul 17, 1909
    Songwriter Oakley Haldeman is born in Alhambra, California. He co-writes the Gene Autry hits "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" and "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine"
    Jul 23, 1909
    Songwriter Vera Matson is born in Nebraska. She will be credited as a composer of Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender," though it's widely believed the song is penned by Matson's husband, songwriter Ken Darby
    Aug 1, 1909
    Guitarist Leon Chappelear is born in Tyler, Texas. He plays guitar on Jimmie Davis' 1940 classic "You Are My Sunshine"



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