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    • Aug 15, 1925
    Rose Maddox is born in Boaz, Alabama. She fronts the California-based Maddox Brothers & Rose, a wild, energetic touring group in the 1940s and '50s dubbed the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America
    Aug 21, 1925
    Songwriter/producer Ed Penney is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He writes and produces Terri Gibbs' crossover hit "Somebody's Knockin'" and authors Moe Bandy's "Two Lonely People"
    Aug 27, 1925
    Carter Stanley is born in Stratton, Virginia. With sibling Ralph Stanley, he forms The Stanley Brothers, a bluegrass outfit that rivals Bill Monroe's and influences the harmonies of future country star Ricky Skaggs
    Aug 28, 1925
    Billy Grammer is born in Benton, Illinois. He turns an 18th-century British folk song into the 1958 hit "Gotta Travel On," joining the Grand Ole Opry one year later. He plays guitar on several Charley Pride hits, including "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
    Sep 3, 1925
    Hank Thompson is born in Waco, Texas. His mix of honky-tonk and Western swing makes him one of country's top acts in the 1950s and early-'60s. His signature song, "The Wild Side Of Life," aids his 1989 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 6, 1925
    Blues singer/songwriter Jimmy Reed is born in Dunleith, Mississippi. Sonny James remakes Reed's 1961 release "Bright Lights, Big City" as a country hit in 1971
    Sep 10, 1925
    R&B artist Roy Brown is born in New Orleans. He writes "Good Rockin' Tonight," an early Sun recording by Elvis Presley, and earns a country hit in 1948 with his own recording, "'Fore Day In The Morning"
    Sep 11, 1925
    Pop songwriter Alan Bergman is born in Brooklyn, New York. Along with wife Marilyn Bergman, he writes "The Theme From the Summer Of '42" and "The Way We Were," plus country hits "All His Children" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
    Sep 16, 1925
    Blues guitarist B.B. King is born in Indianola, Mississippi. He joins George Jones to record "Patches" for the 1994 album "Rhythm Country & Blues," which gains a nomination for a Country Music Association award
    Sep 16, 1925
    Songwriter Earl Solomon Burroughs is born. Working under the name Jack Hammer, he co-writes the Jerry Lee Lewis classic "Great Balls Of Fire"



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