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    • Nov 19, 1924
    Gospel singer J.D. Sumner is born in Lakeland, Florida. He founds The Stamps Quartet, a gospel group that eventually backs Elvis Presley, with Sumner providing the signature closing bass note on The King's "Way Down"
    Nov 27, 1924
    Songwriter Werly Fairburn is born at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. He writes Carl Smith's "I Feel Like Cryin'" and Jim Reeves' "I Guess I'm Crazy"
    Dec 29, 1924
    Guitarist Billy Gray is born in Paris, Texas. He joins Wanda Jackson on the 1954 hit "You Can't Have My Love" and plays on numerous Hank Thompson singles, including "A Six Pack To Go," "The Wild Side Of Life" and "Honky-Tonk Girl"
    Jan 25, 1925
    Farrell "Rusty" Draper is born in Kirksville, Missouri. Best known for his 1953 hit "Gambler's Guitar," he hosts his own radio shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s, and hosts the 1966 NBC-TV show "Swingin' Country"
    Feb 12, 1925
    Actor Lorne Greene is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He portrays Ben Cartwright in the long-running western TV series Bonanza, which features a theme song by guitarist Joe Maphis. Greene also records "Ringo," a western recitation
    Feb 13, 1925
    Gene Urick is born in Malden, Massachusetts. He and three siblings record numerous pop hits as The Ames Brothers. One of them, the 1956 release "It Only Hurts For A Little While," becomes a country hit for Margo Smith in 1978
    Feb 20, 1925
    Movie producer Robert Altman is born in Kansas City, Missouri. He co-writes John Anderson's 1983 hit "Black Sheep" and produces the 1975 picture "Nashville," an unflattering behind-the-scenes piece of fiction about Music Row
    Feb 27, 1925
    Rockabilly artist Sid "Hardrock" Gunter is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He writes Red Foley's 1950 hit "Birmingham Bounce"
    Mar 5, 1925
    Guitarist Jimmy Bryant is born in Pavo, Georgia. Based in Los Angeles, he plays on numerous sessions and teams with Speedy West for some scintillating instrumental duets. Bryant also writes Waylon Jennings' "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line"
    Mar 6, 1925
    Singer/songwriter Jean Chapel is born in Neon, Kentucky. She records with Sun Records during the 1950s, but scores her greatest successes writing Eddy Arnold's "Lonely Again" and Jerry Wallace's "To Get To You"



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