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    • Sep 19, 1916
    Songwriter Paul Westmoreland is born in Oklahoma. He is best known for writing "Detour," a western-swing hit recorded by four different acts: Spade Cooley, Foy Willing, Wesley Tuttle and Elton Britt
    Oct 21, 1916
    Fiddler Tommy Magness is born in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. He supports Little Jimmy Dickens in the singer's first recording session, playing on "Take An Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)." During his tenure with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Magness also plays on "Mule Skinner Blues"
    Oct 29, 1916
    Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan is born in Gardena, California. Nicknamed America's Country Troubadour, he earns a Top 10 hit with his 1951 release "Hot Rod Race"
    Nov 6, 1916
    Pop arranger Ray Conniff is born in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Known for "Somewhere My Love," he arranged several Marty Robbins hits, including "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)," "The Hanging Tree" and "The Story Of My Life"
    Nov 16, 1916
    Atlantic Records co-founder Herb Abramson is born in Brooklyn, New York. The company specializes early in R&B and jazz, but a later country division builds the careers of Tracy Lawrence, Neal McCoy and John Michael Montgomery
    Dec 3, 1916
    Rabon Delmore is born in Elkmont, Alabama. With older sibling Alton Delmore, The Delmore Brothers become a leading duo in the 1930s, with their mix of country and blues leading to a 2001 induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 6, 1916
    Record producer Hugo Peretti is born in New York City. With Luigi Creatore, he writes Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling In Love" and produces hits for The Stylistics, Sam Cooke and The Isley Brothers, plus the Jimmie Rodgers crossover hit "Honeycomb"
    Dec 15, 1916
    Jazz pianist Edwin "Buddy" Cole is born in Irving, Illinois. Noted for his work with Nat "King" Cole, Judy Garland and Louis Armstrong, he also appears on the Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely country hit "Slipping Around"
    Jan 3, 1917
    Leon McAuliffe is born in Houston. He plays steel guitar for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1942, then earns an instrumental hit on his own in 1949 with "Panhandle Rag." His Wills credits include "Right Or Wrong" and "Cherokee Maiden"
    Jan 10, 1917

    Producer Jerry Wexler is born in Manhattan. During his Atlantic Records tenure, he oversees Willie Nelson's "Bloody Mary Morning," plus hits by Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke, among others




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