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    • Mar 26, 1917
    Songwriter Billy Wallace is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He writes several hits for Webb Pierce and Kitty Wells, including Pierce's "Back Street Affair"
    Mar 30, 1917
    Record executive Randy Wood is born in Morrison, Tennessee. He founds Dot Records, which plays a key role in the careers of Donna Fargo, Joe Stampley, Mac Wiseman and Roy Clark
    Mar 31, 1917
    Fiddler Joe Holley is born in Lone Camp, Texas. A prominent member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he plays on such western-swing classics as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "White Cross On Okinawa"
    May 6, 1917
    Songwriter Kal Mann is born in Philadelphia. He authors Elvis Presley's "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
    May 9, 1917
    Banjo player Milton Estes is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He plays with Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys before joining the Grand Ole Opry from 1946-1952
    May 26, 1917
    Accordion player Morty Nevins is born in Washington, D.C. As a member of The Three Suns, he takes part in a 1950 country hit, "Beyond The Sunset," recorded with Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt
    May 29, 1917
    Future president John F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He becomes the subject of Jimmy Dean's "P.T. 109," based on an actual event that occurs during Kennedy's military service
    Jun 15, 1917
    Songwriter Leon Payne is born in Alba, Texas. He pens Jim Reeves' "Blue Side Of Lonesome," Hank Williams' "Lost Highway" and his own recording of "I Love You Because," becoming a founding member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Jun 20, 1917
    Accordion player Ernie Benedict is born in Green River, Wyoming. He earns a 1949 hit with The Polkateers, "Over Three Hills," and writes Ernest Tubb's collaboration with The Andrews Sisters, "I'm Biting My Fingernails And Thinking Of You"
    Jul 7, 1917
    John "Lonzo" Sullivan, of Lonzo & Oscar, is born in Edmonton, Kentucky. Brother of Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan, he becomes the second of three people to play Lonzo in the Grand Ole Opry musical comedy duo from 1950 until his death in 1967



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