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Dec 20, 1922
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester is born. Married to fiddler "Howdy" Forrester, she plays accordion in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for three years during World War II, appearing on record on "Kentucky Waltz"
Dec 20, 1922
Songwriter Geoff Mack is born in Surrey Hills, Australia. He pens the Hank Snow travelogue "I've Been Everywhere"
Dec 26, 1922
Fiddler Harry Choates is born in Rayne, Louisiana. The Cajun performer is best known for his recording of the standard "Jole Blon"
Dec 29, 1922
Rose Lee Maphis is born in Hagerstown, Maryland. Following her 1952 marriage to Joe Maphis, she works as half of a husband-and-wife team on Los Angeles TV. She also writes Connie Smith's "Love Is The Look You're Looking For"
Jan 5, 1923
Big Bill Lister is born in Kenedy, Texas. A friend of Hank Williams, he records the first commercial version of "There's A Tear In My Beer" and eventually gives Williams' demo to Hank Williams Jr., who turns it into a duet hit
Jan 5, 1923
Sun Records founder Sam Phillips is born in Florence, Alabama. He signs and produces such acts as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Jan 12, 1923
Ira Hayes is born in Sacaton, Arizona. He is one of the six soldiers who raises the flag on Mt. Suribachi during the invasion of Iwo Jima, but he struggles afterward with the mantle of heroism. His story inspires Johnny Cash's "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
Jan 16, 1923
Roy Lanham is born in Corbin, Kentucky. A member of The Sons Of The Pioneers for two decades, he plays guitar on such hits as Loretta Lynn's "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl," Ned Miller's "From A Jack To A King" and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans' "Happy Trails"
Jan 20, 1923
Otis Whitman is born in Tampa. Known professionally as Slim Whitman, the yodeler joins "The Louisiana Hayride" and scores eight hits in the 1950s, extending his career in the early-1980s by marketing his recordings on television commercials
Feb 5, 1923
Claude King is born near Keithville, Louisiana. He earns a half-dozen hits during the 1960s, with "Wolverton Mountain" emerging as his signature recording
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