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Jul 24, 1911

Drummer Smokey Dacus is born in Quinton, Oklahoma. He becomes a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1940, playing on such classics as "San Antonio Rose," "Ida Red" and "Right Or Wrong"

Jul 25, 1911

Songwriter Mel Foree is born in McMinn County, Tennessee. Employed as a song plugger by Acuff-Rose Music, he writes a Gene Watson hit, "No One Will Ever Know"

Aug 10, 1911

Bass player Wanna Coffman is born. He becomes an original member of Milton Brown's western swing band The Musical Brownies, which also includes guitarist Derwood Brown, banjo player Ocie Stockard and fiddler Jesse Ashlock

Aug 22, 1911

Doyle Blackwood is born in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He's an original member of gospel's Blackwood Brothers, whose "His Hand In Mine" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"

Sep 5, 1911

Jimmy Springs is born in Mattoon, Illinois. He joins the R&B vocal act The 5 Red Caps, which generates one country hit: 1944's "I Learned A Lesson, I'll Never Forget"

Sep 6, 1911

Zeke Clements is born on a farm near Warrior, Alabama. A Grand Ole Opry member who writes Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water" and several Eddy Arnold hits, he also does the yodeling for the animated character Bashful in Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"

Sep 13, 1911

Bill Monroe is born in Rosine, Kentucky. Recognized as the Father of Bluegrass, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1939 and enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 behind such titles as "Uncle Pen," "In The Pines" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"

Sep 16, 1911

Paul Henning is born in Independence, Missouri. He creates the series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction" and writes their theme songs, performed by Flatt & Scruggs. He's also involved in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Green Acres"

Sep 30, 1911

Singer/guitarist Jerry Scoggins is born in Mount Pleasant, Texas. He joins The Cass County Boys in Dallas, appearing in several westerns. He backs Johnny Bond on the 1950 hit "Love Song In 32 Bars" and sings the theme to "The Beverly Hillbillies"

Oct 7, 1911

Trumpet player and bandleader Vaughn Monroe is born in Akron, Ohio. He charts more than 50 pop hits from 1940-1954, with "Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" launching him into the country genre

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