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    • Nov 13, 1915
    Jack Guthrie is born in Olive, Oklahoma. A cousin of folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie, he lands in country music's Top 10 three times in the mid-1940s before his death in 1948 from tuberculosis
    Nov 26, 1915
    Songwriter Hal Blair is born in Kansas City, Missouri. He writes Elvis Presley's "I Was The One," Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling," Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" and Jim Reeves' "My Lips Are Sealed"
    Dec 1, 1915
    Gabe Tucker is born in Pierce, Kentucky. He plays bass and trumpet during Eddy Arnold's first recording session in 1944, which yields the country hit "Each Minute Seems A Million Years"
    Dec 11, 1915
    Dorothy Goad is born in Mount Carmel, Illinois. Under the name Dolly Good, she joins with sister Millie to form The Girls Of The Golden West, the first nationally recognized all-female act in country history, peaking in the 1930s
    Dec 12, 1915
    Frank Sinatra is born in Hoboken, New Jersey. One of the best-loved vocalists of the 20th century, his 1940s hits "September Song" and "All Of Me" will be covered for the country market on Willie Nelson's 1978 album "Stardust"
    Dec 19, 1915
    Songwriter Carl Stutz is born in Richmond, Virginia. An accountant, teacher and disc jockey, he writes "Little Things Mean A Lot," a 1954 pop hit for Kitty Kallen which is resurrected in 1978 for the country audience by Margo Smith
    Dec 19, 1915
    Singer/songwriter Charlie Ryan is born in Graceville, Minnesota. He earns a country hit in 1960 with "Hot Rod Lincoln." The song climbs into pop's Top 10 in 1972 for Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
    Dec 28, 1915
    Roebuck "Pops" Staples is born in Winona, Mississippi, eventually forming The Staple Singers with his son and three daughters. The soul group's "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" is remade as a country hit by The Oak Ridge Boys
    Jan 4, 1916
    Composer Lionel Newman is born in New Haven, Connecticut. An Oscar-winning contributor to more than 200 movies and TV shows, he writes the theme to "River Of No Return," a 1954 country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Jan 11, 1916
    Western swing fiddler Andrew "Cactus" Soldi is born. He appears on a series of hits by Spade Cooley and Tex Williams, including the million-selling "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"



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