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    • Oct 25, 1881
    Surrealist painter Pablo Picasso is born in Malaga, Spain. He's embedded in the lyrics of Trick Pony's 2001 hit "Just What I Do"
    Dec 12, 1881
    Harry Warner is born in Poland. Along with three brothers, he founds Warner Bros. Pictures. The firm eventually starts a record label, which contributes to the careers of Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, Hank Williams Jr. and Faith Hill, among others
    Jan 30, 1882
    Franklin D. Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, New York. A purported fan of country music, the 32nd president is referenced in Alabama's 1989 hit "Song Of The South"
    Mar 21, 1882
    Bascom Lunsford is born in Mars Hill, North Carolina. A folk music collector and promoter, he also co-writes the country classic "Mountain Dew"
    Oct 8, 1882
    Harry McClintock is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He comes to fame as a radio personality in San Francisco, then goes on to record the classic "The Big Rock Candy Mountains," which is revived on the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
    Dec 26, 1882
    George Stoneman is born. He plays banjo on some of the early recordings by his cousin, Ernest Stoneman
    Mar 18, 1883
    Songwriter Maurice Abrahams is born in Russia. He co-writes "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," a song that appears in several western movies before becoming a country hit for Eddy Howard in 1947
    Apr 6, 1883
    Vernon Dalhart is born in Jefferson, Texas. After working in a variety of styles, his 1924 recording of "The Wreck Of The Old '97" and "The Prisoner's Song" becomes country music's first million-seller
    Jul 29, 1883
    Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is born in Dovia di Predappio, Italy. After forming an alliance with Germany at the outset of World War II, he's referenced in Carson Robison's hit "Mussolini's Letter To Hitler" and Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water"
    Feb 16, 1884
    Pop lyricist Bert Kalmar is born in New York City. He co-writes "Who's Sorry Now?," which becomes a bellwether recording for western swing act Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. Kalmar joins the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970



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