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Feb 26, 1926
Bob Wills' brother, Billy Jack Wills, is born in Hall County, Texas. He serves as principal vocalist of The Texas Playboys in the late-1940s, and writes the lyrics to the western-swing classic "Faded Love"
Mar 4, 1926
Frances Wolfe is born in The Bronx, New York. Known publicly as Fran Warren, she provides the lead vocals when Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra record the first hit version of "A Sunday Kind Of Love" in 1946. Reba McEntire has a country hit with the song in 1988
Mar 9, 1926
Broadway songwriter Jerry Ross is born in The Bronx. With frequent collaborator Richard Adler, he writes "Hernando's Hideaway," which becomes a country hit when Homer & Jethro record a comedic version in 1954
Mar 20, 1926
Western-swing guitarist Benny Garcia Jr. is born in Oklahoma City. He's featured on Tex Williams' 1948 hit "Suspicion"
Mar 31, 1926
Fiddler Tommy Jackson is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He becomes noted for his double-stop technique--bowing two strings at once--while playing on hits by Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Ernest Tubb and Ray Price
Apr 9, 1926
Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner is born in Chicago, Illinois. He establishes Playboy magazine and later Playboy Records, which provides a recording home in the 1970s for Barbi Benton and Mickey Gilley
May 13, 1926
Disc jockey Dewey Phillips is born in Adamsville, Tennessee. He becomes the first person to play an Elvis Presley record in 1954, spinning "That's All Right" 14 times straight on a Memphis station
May 20, 1926
Vic Urick is born in Malden, Massachusetts. Billed as The Ames Brothers, Vic Ames and three siblings become a significant pop vocal group. Their 1956 release "It Only Hurts For A Little While" is re-constructed by Margo Smith for country fans in 1978
May 22, 1926
Nannie Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. She joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family. Their record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
May 23, 1926
Songwriter Arthur Gunter is born in Nashville. He writes Elvis Presley's early hit "Baby, Let's Play House"
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