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    • Oct 10, 1911
    Accordion player Leo Mannes is born in San Francisco. Under the stage name Zeke Manners, he becomes an original member of The Beverly Hill Billies, providing a pioneering presence for country music on Los Angeles radio
    Oct 27, 1911
    Bass player Oral "Curley" Rhodes is born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. He becomes a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys during the 1940s, later finding a spot among Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys
    Nov 1, 1911
    Earl B. Rouse is born. He joins siblings Ervin and Gordon to form The Rouse Brothers, who record the original version of "Orange Blossom Special"
    Nov 3, 1911
    Record executive Fabor Robison is born in Beebe, Arkansas. He founds Abbott Records and Fabor Records, establishing recording careers for Jim Reeves, Johnny Horton and The Browns
    Nov 5, 1911
    Leonard Slye is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. As Roy Rogers, he becomes a silver-screen cowboy, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame as a solo star and as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Nov 15, 1911
    Songwriter Mann Curtis is born in Brooklyn, New York. He authors "Let It Be Me," an Everly Brothers pop hit that's remade for the country market by Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry in 1968, and by Willie Nelson in 1982
    Nov 17, 1911
    Wiley Walker is born in Laurel Hill, Florida. Alongside Gene Sullivan, he forms a duo in Dallas in 1939. They record the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again," and score a 1946 hit with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"
    Dec 7, 1911
    Jazz and blues figure Louis Prima is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A singer and trumpet player, he writes the standard "Sunday Kind Of Love," which becomes a country hit for Reba McEntire in 1988
    Dec 26, 1911
    Dobro player Beecher Kirby is born in Sevier County, Tennessee. Under the name Bashful Brother Oswald, he becomes a key member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, eventually joining the Grand Ole Opry as a solo act in 1995
    Jan 28, 1912
    Abstract painter Jackson Pollard is born in Cody, Wyoming. He will be recognized in Eric Church's 2015 single "Mr. Misunderstood"



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