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    • Aug 4, 1914
    Songwriter Irving Taylor is born in New York, New York. The author of Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody," he also writes Tennessee Ernie Ford's duet with Kay Starr, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own"
    Aug 22, 1914
    Connie B. Gay is born in Lizard Lick, North Carolina. Based in Washington, D.C., he becomes a major country manager and promoter, working with such acts as Jimmy Dean, Patsy Cline and Roy Clark. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
    Sep 2, 1914
    Folk singer/songwriter Tom Glazer is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The author of "Talking Inflation Blues" and "On Top Of Spaghetti," he also writes Jean Shepard's 1955 country hit "Take Possession"
    Sep 12, 1914
    Pop singer Eddy Howard is born in Woodland, California. At the peak of his popularity, he lands a country hit with his 1947 recording of "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
    Sep 14, 1914
    Mae Boren Axton is born in Bardwell, Texas. She is best known as the writer of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Oct 10, 1914
    Ivory Joe Hunter is born in Kirbyville, Louisiana. A rhythm & blues singer and songwriter, he pens two songs that become country hits for Sonny James: "Empty Arms" and "Since I Met You Baby"
    Oct 22, 1914
    Songwriter Sylvia Dee is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She pens a handful of 1960s country hits, including Willie Nelson's "Bring Me Sunshine," Billy Walker's "I Taught Her Everything She Knows" and Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World"
    Nov 5, 1914
    Roy Horton is born near Broad Top, Pennsylvania. In the 1940s, he becomes a publisher with Peer-Southern Music, and in 1950 he plays on The Pinetoppers' only hit, "Mockin' Bird Hill." He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982
    Nov 6, 1914
    Gene Sullivan is born in Carbon Hill, Alabama. He teams with Wiley Walker in 1939 to form a duo in Dallas. They record the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" and net a 1946 hit with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"
    Nov 7, 1914
    Archie Campbell is born in Bulls Gap, Tennessee. A Grand Ole Opry comedian beginning in 1958, he gains his best-known recording with the twisted verbiage of "Rindercella," though he gains his widest recognition as a regular on "Hee Haw"



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