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    • Feb 5, 1912
    Fiddler and songwriter Tex Atchison is born in Rosine, Kentucky. Among his credits: Johnny Bond's "Sick, Sober And Sorry," Johnny Horton's "Sleepy-Eyed John" and Hank Locklin's "We're Gonna Go Fishin'"
    Feb 12, 1912
    Songwriter Burton Lane is born in New York City. The author of "That Old Devil Moon" and "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever," he also writes Jo Stafford's 1947 country hit "Feudin' And Fightin'"
    Mar 27, 1912
    Bill Callahan is born in Madison County, North Carolina. With sibling Joe, he forms The Callahan Brothers, a major duo in the 1930s. In the 1950s, he plays on recordings by Lefty Frizzell and Marty Robbins
    Apr 25, 1912
    Gladys Love Smith is born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. She marries Vernon Presley, and becomes the mother of Elvis Presley
    May 17, 1912
    Grant Turner is born in Baird, Texas. He becomes an announcer for the Grand Ole Opry on D-Day, and remains with the program for 47 years, becoming the first announcer to enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1981
    May 30, 1912
    Alcyone Bate Beasley is born in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. She sings on the Grand Ole Opry with The Possum Hunters, a string band led by her father, Dr. Humphrey Bate. She also sings backup on Ernest Tubb's "Blue Christmas"
    Jul 4, 1912
    Western singer and actor Walter Shrum is born in Cabaniss, Oklahoma. He and Al Dexter each earn country hits in 1945 with the Cindy Walker-penned "Triflin' Gal"
    Jul 5, 1912
    Songwriter Mack David is born in New York City. In addition to plenty of film music, he writes such country hits as The Judds' "Born To Be Blue," Marty Robbins' "The Hanging Tree" and Barbara Mandrell's "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache"
    Jul 14, 1912
    Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie is born in Okemah, Oklahoma. Best known for writing "This Land Is Your Land," he influences the use of folk and country as a tool for social commentary, and is posthumously inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977
    Aug 12, 1912
    Singer/songwriter Rex Griffin is born in Gadsden, Alabama. He records for Decca in the late-1930s, but makes a stronger mark by writing Eddy Arnold's "Just Call Me Lonesome" and Hank Penny's "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon"



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