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    • Nov 14, 1914
    Ken Carson is born in Centrahoma, Oklahoma. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers from 1942-1947, when group members Lloyd Perryman and Pat Brady are called into duty for World War II
    Nov 25, 1914
    Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe DiMaggio is born in Martinez, California. Famed as a centerfielder for the New York Yankees, he will be referenced in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
    Nov 28, 1914
    Fiddler Cecil Brower is born in Bellevue, Texas. He becomes an influential western swing musician after joining Milton Brown's Musical Brownies. He later plays on hits by Porter Wagoner, Bobby Bare and Loretta Lynn
    Dec 8, 1914
    Singer/songwriter Floyd Tillman is born in Ryan, Oklahoma. Noted for writing "Slipping Around" and "I Love You So Much It Hurts," he enters the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984
    Dec 11, 1914
    Dobro player Clell Summey is born near Sevierville, Tennessee. Under the stage name Cousin Jody, he becomes a key member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and is credited as the first person to play a Dobro on the Grand Ole Opry
    Dec 14, 1914
    Comedian Morey Amsterdam is born in Chicago. In addition to writing jokes and appearing on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," he pens "Rum And Coca-Cola" and Dick Jurgens' country hit "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming"
    Dec 15, 1914
    Yodeling songwriter/guitarist Dave McEnery is born in San Antonio, Texas. Performing under the name Red River Dave, he writes Elton Britt's 1945 hit "I'm A Convict With Old Glory In My Heart"
    Dec 31, 1914
    Rose Carter is born in Snyder, Oklahoma. She joins the family gospel group The Chuck Wagon Gang, whose "After The Sunrise" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 10, 1915
    Blues piano player Buddy Johnson is born in Darlington, South Carolina. He earns a country hit in 1944 with "When My Man Comes Home," sister Ella Johnson singing lead. He also writes "Since I Fell For You," a hit for both Charlie Rich and Con Hunley
    Jan 13, 1915
    Jenny Lou Carson is born in Decatur, Illinois. A performer on "The WLS Barn Dance," she writes such essential hits as Eddy Arnold's "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle," Red Foley's "Never Trust A Woman" and Hank Snow's "Let Me Go, Lover!"



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