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    • Mar 3, 1922
    Jimmy Heap is born in Taylor, Texas. A leader of the honky-tonk band The Melody Masters, their version of "Release Me" becomes a hit in 1954, barely preceding hit versions of the same song by Ray Price and Kitty Wells
    Mar 14, 1922
    Organ player Artie Dunn is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He becomes a member of the pop instrumental act The Three Suns, who score a 1950 country hit with "Beyond The Sunset," featuring Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt
    Mar 14, 1922
    Pianist and arranger Les Baxter is born in Mexia, Texas. Noted for his work with Bob Hope and Nat King Cole, his Les Baxter Chorus supports Jimmy Wakely on the 1951 pop and country hit "Beautiful Brown Eyes"
    Mar 31, 1922
    Fiddler Howdy Forrester is born in Vernon, Tennessee. He joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for two years in the 1940s and plays with Roy Acuff during the '50s
    Apr 3, 1922
    Doris Day is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She's the first to have hits with two songs that go on to success in country music: "Secret Love," a future hit for Freddy Fender; and "If I Give My Heart To You," revived by Margo Smith
    Apr 4, 1922
    Film composer Elmer Bernstein is born in New York City. He writes two country hits, Johnny Cash's "The Sons Of Katie Elder" and Glen Campbell's "True Grit"
    Apr 20, 1922
    Frank "Hylo" Brown is born in River, Kentucky. The bluegrass singer, noted for his wide vocal range, signs with Capitol Records in 1954 and becomes a regular touring partner for Flatt & Scruggs
    May 4, 1922
    Recording engineer Glenn Snoddy is born in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Employed at the Castle and Bradley studios, he runs the tape machine for numerous classics, including Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire," Marty Robbins' "Don't Worry" and Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart"
    May 4, 1922
    Nelle Poe is born near Big Creek, Mississippi. She becomes a member of the family group The Poe Sisters, who join the Grand Ole Opry in 1944
    May 5, 1922
    Songwriter J.D. Miller is born in Iota, Louisiana. He pens Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"



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