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    • Dec 31, 1920
    Rex Allen is born in Willcox, Arizona. Considered the last of the singing cowboys, the western performer enjoys a handful of hits, including 1953's "Crying In The Chapel" and 1962's "Don't Go Near The Indians"
    Jan 17, 1921
    Artist manager E.E. "Si" Siman is born in Springfield, Missouri. He works with Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins, and his son, Scott Siman, becomes a record executive and the manager of Tim McGraw
    Feb 7, 1921
    Wilma Lee Leary is born in Valley Head, West Virginia. Along with husband Stoney Cooper, she becomes a Grand Ole Opry member, and they score four Top 10 hits from 1958-1961
    Feb 8, 1921
    Banjo player Rachel Veach is born near Peytonville, Tennessee. She joins Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, taking part in such hits as "Fireball Mail," "Wreck On The Highway" and "Night Train To Memphis"
    Feb 20, 1921
    Mervin Shiner is born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He earns Top 10 hits with a pair of singles, 1949's "Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me" and 1950's "Peter Cottontail"
    Feb 20, 1921
    Steel guitarist Les "Carrot Top" Anderson is born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He plays on Bob Wills' "White Cross On Okinawa" and Tex Williams' "That's What I Like About The West," and performs with Wesley Tuttle and Tex Ritter
    Mar 12, 1921
    Movie and Broadway star Gordon MacRae is born in East Orange, New Jersey. Associated with the film version of "Oklahoma!," he nets a 1949 pop with Jo Stafford by recording "Need You," re-cast for the country charts in 1967 by Sonny James
    Mar 31, 1921
    Sally Foster is born in Chicago, Illinois. She performs frequently with the "National Barn Dance" act The Hoosier Hot Shots, appearing on their 1946 hit "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)"
    Apr 1, 1921
    Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith is born in Clinton, South Carolina. His 1948 release "Guitar Boogie" is one of three singles that lands in country music's Top 10, while his song "Feuding Banjos" becomes "Dueling Banjos" in the movie "Deliverance"
    Apr 9, 1921
    Pop songwriter George David Weiss is born in New York City. The author of "What A Wonderful World" and "Can't Help Falling In Love," he also writes the country hits "I'll Never Be Free" and "I Can't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore"



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