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Apr 20, 1889
Adolf Hitler is born in Branau, Austria. The leader of Germany's Nazi party, Der Fuehrer is part of the inspiration for Carson Robison's World War II hit "Mussolini's Letter To Hitler" and is mentioned in Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water"
Aug 16, 1889
Guitarist Paul Warmack is born in Whites Creek, Tennessee. He forms The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that appears on the Grand Ole Opry from 1927 to the '70s, and becomes the first Victor act to record in Nashville
Sep 13, 1889
Songwriter Kelly Harrell is born in Drapers Valley, Virginia. He pens Jimmie Rodgers' "Away On The Mountain," the flip side to his "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)"
Sep 25, 1889
David "Dad" Carter is born in Milltown, Kentucky. He founds The Chuck Wagon Gang, an influential Southern gospel act. Its "After The Sunrise" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Oct 19, 1889
Record producer "Uncle" Art Satherley is born in Bristol, England. Through his work with Columbia Records, he handles such acts as Bob Wills, Vernon Dalhart, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter and Bill Monroe, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1971
Oct 24, 1889
Record executive Frank Walker is born in Fly Summit, New York. Associated with early jazz and bluegrass recordings at Columbia and RCA, he becomes the first president of MGM in 1947, signing Hank Williams
Nov 30, 1889
Vito Pellettieri is born in Nashville. Beginning in 1934, he assists George D. Hay in organizing the Grand Ole Opry in his longtime role as stage manager. Pellettieri also co-writes Roy Acuff's 1948 hit "Unloved And Unclaimed"
Dec 14, 1889
Fiddler Bert Layne is born in Arkansas. He's a founding member of Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers, playing on "Bully Of The Town," ranked among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Mar 11, 1890
Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel is born in Malta, Ohio. The sales manager for the Burrus Mill founds the Milton Brown-led Light Crust Doughboys, a key development in the growth of western swing. He later becomes a Texas governor and a U.S. senator
Mar 28, 1890
Big band leader Paul Whiteman is born in Denver, Colorado. His 1928 hit "Among My Souvenirs" and 1930 recording "Without A Song" are remade as country hits 50 years later by Marty Robbins and Willie Nelson, respectively
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