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    • Aug 16, 1913
    Songwriter and arranger Joseph Lilley is born in Providence, Rhode Island. He goes on to co-write the western classic "Jingle! Jangle! Jingle!"
    Aug 25, 1913
    Jazz bandleader Bob Crosby is born in Spokane, Washington. The younger brother of Bing Crosby, he lands a long list of pop hits and writes Pee Wee King's 1952 country hit "Silver And Gold"
    Sep 11, 1913
    College football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant is born in Moro Bottom, Arkansas. A longtime fixture at the University of Alabama, he's referenced in Tim McGraw's 2009 hit "Southern Voice"
    Sep 12, 1913
    Track star Jesse Owens is born in Oakville, Alabama. A winner of four gold medals during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Owens will be referenced in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
    Oct 1, 1913
    Songwriter/producer/bassist Charles Grean is born in Manhattan. Noted for his work with Nat "King" Cole and Glenn Miller, he also receives credits for his work in country music with Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow and Jeanne Black
    Oct 11, 1913
    Lyricist Sunny Skylar is born in Brooklyn, New York. One of his songs, "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)," emerges as a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez in 1978
    Oct 20, 1913
    Banjo-playing comic Louis Marshall Jones is born in Niagara, Kentucky. Under the stage name Grandpa Jones, he amasses 50 years as a Grand Ole Opry member and becomes a longtime cast member on the satirical TV show "Hee Haw"
    Nov 21, 1913
    Blues musician K.C. Douglas is born in Sharon, Mississippi. His best-known song, "Mercury Boogie," will be re-recorded as "Mercury Blues" by several artists, including Alan Jackson, who earns a country hit with it in 1993
    Dec 15, 1913
    Fiddler Kenneth Pitts is born in San Simon, Arizona. He becomes a member of the western-swing troop The Light Crust Doughboys
    Dec 21, 1913
    Louise King is born in Payson, Utah. As a member of The King Sisters, she participates in more than a dozen pop hits, plus one country hit: a 1946 remake of Merle Travis' "Divorce Me C.O.D."



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