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    • Oct 10, 1921
    Vocalist Rusty McDonald is born in Grady County, Oklahoma. He sings lead on Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' western-swing classic "Faded Love"
    Oct 23, 1921
    R.W. Blackwood is born in Choctaw County, Mississippi. With three siblings, he forms The Blackwood Brothers, whose gospel release "His Hand In Mine" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Nov 10, 1921
    Harmonica player Onie Wheeler is born in Senath, Missouri. He becomes a longtime member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Nov 16, 1921
    Songwriter Ben Weisman is born in Providence, Rhode Island. He becomes proficient at landing Elvis Presley cuts, but also generates country hits with Jim Reeves' "My Lips Are Sealed" and Carl Smith's "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
    Dec 22, 1921
    Hawkshaw Hawkins is born in Huntington, West Virginia. He scores a handful of hits from 1949-1963, including "Slow Poke," "Soldier's Joy" and "Lonesome 7-7203." He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1955
    Dec 26, 1921
    Steve Allen is born in New York. The TV host and comedian writes Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely's 1950 crossover hit, "Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning)"
    Dec 28, 1921
    Guitarist Melvin "Leon" Short is born in Ranger, Texas. As a member of Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours, he plays on more than a dozen hits, including "Soldier's Last Letter," "Filipino Baby" and "Careless Darlin'"
    Jan 14, 1922
    Al Terry is born in Kaplan, Louisiana. The smooth-voiced Cajun singer manages one country hit with 1954's "Good Deal, Lucille"
    Jan 25, 1922
    Guitarist Jimmy Wyble is born in Port Arthur, Texas. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1943-1945, appearing on such hits as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima"
    Feb 17, 1922
    R&B singer Tommy Edwards is born in Richmond, Virginia. In 1958, he snares his biggest hit with "It's All In The Game," subsequently revised in 1977 as a country hit by Tom T. Hall



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