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    • Mar 5, 1911
    Jesse Rogers is born in Waynesboro, Mississippi. The leader of a band called the '49ers, his lone hit comes with a 1949 cover of Hank Williams' "Wedding Bells"
    Mar 18, 1911
    Actor Smiley Burnette is born in Sumter, Illinois. He becomes Gene Autry's sidekick in a series of western movies during the 1930s and '40s
    Mar 22, 1911
    Cecil Campbell is born in Danbury, North Carolina. He earns a hit in 1949 with "Steel Guitar Ramble" and appears with his Tennessee Ramblers in Tex Ritter's 1941 movie "Ridin' The Cherokee Trail"
    Mar 26, 1911
    Tennessee Williams is born in Columbus, Mississippi. Known for writing "The Glass Menagerie," "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," he's named alongside Hank Williams in Don Williams' 1980 hit "Good Ole Boys Like Me"
    May 16, 1911
    Songwriter Troy Martin is born in Danville, Virginia. He works with the likes of Art Satherley, Gene Autry and Johnny Horton, and co-writes Ernest Tubb's "Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home"
    May 18, 1911
    R&B performer Big Joe Turner is born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1951, he records "Chains Of Love," destined to become a 1977 country hit for Mickey Gilley
    May 28, 1911
    Drummer Farris Coursey is born in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. He goes on to play on Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy," Hank Williams' "Kaw-Liga," Jim Reeves' "Welcome To My World" and Bobby Helms' "Fraulein," among many others
    Jun 6, 1911
    Songwriter Vaughn Horton is born in Broad Top, Pennsylvania. His songwriting credits include Red Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag" and Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever," and he performs on the 1950 single "Mockin' Bird Hill" as a member of The Pinetoppers
    Jun 15, 1911
    Piano player Marvin Hughes is born in Nashville. His credits include: Faron Young's "Country Girl," Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere" and Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go," on which he plays vibes
    Jul 4, 1911
    Record producer Mitch Miller is born in Rochester, New York. Best known as the host of TV's "Sing Along With Mitch," he produces several hits for Marty Robbins, including "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)"



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