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    • Dec 11, 1909
    Songwriter Arthur Q. Smith is born in Griffin, Georgia. He writes Ernest Tubb's "Missing In Action" and Ricky Skaggs' "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
    Jan 9, 1910
    Bandleader Dick Jurgens is born in Sacramento, California. He earns a series of pop hits during the 1940s. One of them, "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming," crosses into the country charts during 1947
    Jan 27, 1910
    Walter "Joe" Callahan is born in Madison County, North Carolina. With younger sibling Bill, he forms The Callahan Brothers, a significant duo that records for the ARC label during the 1930s
    May 1, 1910
    Radio executive Ott Devine is born in Gadsden, Alabama. He becomes program director of Nashville's WSM Radio in the late-1950s, and works as the manager of the Grand Ole Opry from 1959 until his retirement in 1968
    May 12, 1910
    Songwriter and orchestra leader Gordon Jenkins is born in Webster Groves, Missouri. His band supports The Weavers on their biggest hits, and he writes "P.S. I Love You," a 1984 country hit for Tom T. Hall
    May 13, 1910
    Curt Massey is born in Midland, Texas. He joins his older sister in the band Louise Massey & The Westerners, scoring several crossover hits in the 1930s and '40s. He also co-writes the theme to "Petticoat Junction"
    Jun 17, 1910
    Red Foley is born in Blue Lick, Kentucky. Following his sentimental hit about his dog, "Old Shep," he becomes a major figure on the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and '50s. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967
    Jun 29, 1910
    Broadway composer Frank Loesser is born in New York City. His successes include several songs remade for the country charts: "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Wave To Me, My Lady" and "Jingle Jangle Jingle"
    Jul 18, 1910
    Keyboard player Lou Busch is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the stage name Joe "Fingers" Carr, he provides instrumental support for Tennessee Ernie Ford on the 1951 country hit "Tailor Made Woman"
    Jul 19, 1910
    Songwriter and disc jockey Fred Kirby is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He writes The Buchanan Brothers' post-World War II hit "Atomic Power"



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