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Jan 12, 1917
Songwriter Tex Grimsley is born in Logansport, Louisiana. He writes Webb Pierce's 1953 hit "I'm Walking The Dog"
Jan 29, 1917
Lloyd Perryman, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Ruth, Arkansas. The western harmony group, known for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water," joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
Feb 1, 1917
Mary Jane DeZurik is born in Royalton, Minnesota. She becomes one-half of The Cackle Sisters, a yodeling duo that fashions a 20-year career that places them on "The National Barn Dance" and the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and '50s
Feb 15, 1917
Wally Fowler, the founder of The Oak Ridge Boys, is born near Adairsville, Georgia. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1945, but turns almost strictly to gospel music when The Oak Ridge Quartet takes off in 1947
Feb 15, 1917
Effie "Anna" Carter is born in Shannon, Texas. 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"
Mar 1, 1917
Songwriter, bass player and radio talent Cliffie Stone is born in Stockton, California. He plays on numerous Capitol hits and co-writes "Divorce Me C.O.D." and "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
Mar 12, 1917
Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess is born in Motol, Poland. He becomes a major figure in blues and R&B, and produces Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Mar 16, 1917
Woodwind player Darol Rice is born. He contributes bass clarinet to Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 classic "Sixteen Tons"
Mar 17, 1917
Lily Mae Ledford is born in Pilot, Kentucky. She becomes the leader of The Coon Creek Girls, the first all-female stringband, and the first country act to perform at the White House. She also gives birth to Exile's J.P. Pennington
Mar 23, 1917
Eugene "Smokey" Rogers is born in McMinnville, Tennessee. He scores a 1949 hit with "A Little Bird Told Me," writes Ferlin Husky's "Gone" and Spade Cooley's "You Can't Break My Heart," and plays on hits by Cooley and Tex Williams
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