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    • May 9, 1914
    Singer/songwriter Hank Snow is born in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia. The Grand Ole Opry member earns more than 40 hit records from 1949-1974, including "I'm Moving On," "I've Been Everywhere," I Don't Hurt Anymore" and "Hello Love," earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 11, 1914
    Bob Atcher is born in Hardin County, Kentucky. A successful recording artist in the late-1930s and early-'40s, he scores hits with "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," "Cool Water" and "You Are My Sunshine"
    May 13, 1914
    Johnny Wright is born in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The husband of Kitty Wells, he registers a #1 single in 1965 with the Tom T. Hall song "Hello Vietnam" and accumulates hits during the '50s as one-half of Johnnie & Jack
    May 14, 1914
    Singer, songwriter and band leader Foy Willing is born in Bosque County, Texas. He founds the New Riders Of The Purple Sage, netting several hits in the 1940s and appearing in numerous western movies
    May 24, 1914
    Tootsie Bess is born. She gains fame as the owner of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, a bar near the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville that becomes the stomping grounds for such artists and songwriters as Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, Harlan Howard and Mel Tillis
    Jun 5, 1914
    Songwriter Stan Jones is born in Douglas, Arizona. He authors the standard "Riders In The Sky," which becomes a hit for Vaughn Monroe and Johnny Cash, plus the title song for a Gene Autry movie
    Jun 19, 1914
    Lester Flatt is born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee. Along with partner Earl Scruggs, he rises out of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys to become a leading figure in the development of bluegrass, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985
    Jul 4, 1914
    Gordon Rouse is born. With siblings Ervin and Earl, he forms The Rouse Brothers, who record the original version of the fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special"
    Jul 15, 1914
    "National Barn Dance" singer and yodeler Dolph Hewitt is born in West Finley, Pennsylvania. He earns a 1949 hit with "I Wish I Knew"
    Jul 26, 1914
    Jazz trumpeter Erskine Hawkins is born in Birmingham, Alabama. The leader of his own big band, he crosses one song onto the country charts: 1944's "Don't Cry, Baby"



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