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    • Aug 21, 1926
    Pop songwriter Carolyn Leigh is born in New York City. Her best-known composition is the Frank Sinatra hit "Young At Heart," which Willie Nelson covers for the 2000 soundtrack to "Space Cowboys"
    Aug 28, 1926
    Vocalist Abe Mulkey is born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. He works for many years with Lefty Frizzell, singing the high harmony on "She's Gone, Gone, Gone"
    Aug 31, 1926
    Songwriter Ruth Mulwitz is born in Port Chester, New York. Under the name Ruth Roberts, she co-writes Jimmy Dean's country hit "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And The Last Thing Ev'ry Night)"
    Sep 7, 1926
    Songwriter Aaron Schroeder is born in Brooklyn, New York. He pens Elvis Presley's "Good Luck Charm" and "It's Now Or Never," Webb Pierce's "Those Wonderful Years" and Johnny Duncan's "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)"
    Sep 7, 1926
    Ronnie Gilbert is born in New York City. The lone female in the controversial folk group The Weavers, she's credited as a co-writer on the Jimmie Rodgers country hit "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On"
    Sep 17, 1926
    Bill Black is born in Memphis, Tennessee. He goes on to become Elvis Presley's first bass player, participating in such hits as "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," "All Shook Up" and "Don't Be Cruel"
    Sep 18, 1926
    Record producer Jim Vienneau is born in Albany, New York. He directs hits for Conway Twitty, Mel Tillis and Hank Williams Jr.
    Sep 23, 1926
    Saxophone player John Coltrane is born in Hamlet, North Carolina. The trend-setting jazz legend is namechecked in the lyrics of Brad Paisley's 2011 Alabama collaboration, "Old Alabama"
    Sep 28, 1926
    Comedian Jerry Clower is born in Liberty, Mississippi. His southern, small-town tales about the Ledbetter family from Yazoo City, delivered with great exaggeration, gain him membership in the Grand Ole Opry in 1973
    Oct 14, 1926
    Bill Justis is born in Birmingham, Alabama. Best known for his 1957 instrumental hit "Raunchy," he is the arranger on Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me" and Kenny Rogers' "Love The World Away"



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