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    • Feb 28, 1923
    Audrey Sheppard is born in Pike County, Alabama. She marries Hank Williams, becoming a driving force in his career. Their volatile relationship provides the grist for much of his music. She also gives birth to Hank Williams Jr.
    Mar 2, 1923
    Doc Watson is born in Deep Gap, North Carolina. A blind acoustic guitarist, he joins The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on its album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and collects seven Grammy awards
    Mar 6, 1923
    Ed McMahon is born in Detroit, Michigan. Johnny Carson's longtime sidekick on "The Tonight Show," his "Star Search" program brings early national exposure to Sawyer Brown and Little Texas
    Mar 25, 1923
    Bonnie Guitar is born in Seattle, Washington. An L.A. session guitarist in the 1950s, she has three Top 10 country hits in the 1960s and co-founds Dolphin Records, which yields The Fleetwoods' pop hit "Come Softly" and The Ventures' "Walk--Don't Run"
    Apr 8, 1923
    Jimmie Osborne is born in Winchester, Kentucky. The folk singer/songwriter lands three post-War hits, the biggest coming with "The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus," written after a young girl died in a well
    Apr 8, 1923
    Guitarist, banjo player and mandolinist Paul Buskirk is born in West Virginia. Having played with Chet Atkins, Gene Austin and Tex Ritter, he gives guitar lessons in Texas to Willie Nelson and buys the rights to "Family Bible" from Nelson for a mere $50
    May 7, 1923
    Jim Lowe is born in Springfield, Missouri. Primarily a disc jockey in Chicago and New York, he writes Rusty Draper's "Gambler's Guitar." As an artist, he earns a pop hit with "The Green Door" and a country hit with "Talkin' To The Blues"
    May 23, 1923
    Tommy Sosebee is born in Duncan, South Carolina. He earns his lone country hit in 1953 with "Till I Waltz Again With You"
    May 25, 1923
    Pop singer Kitty Kallen is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After working with the big bands of Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James, she becomes a solo singer. Her "Little Things Mean A Lot" is remade in 1978 for country by Margo Smith
    Jun 18, 1923
    Guitarist Zeke Turner is born in Lynchburg, Virginia. Capitalizing on his membership in Red Foley's band, he becomes one of Nashville's first session musicians, noted for his work on recordings by Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams



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