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    • Sep 4, 1890
    Belmont College opens in Nashville. The school develops a music business curriculum in the 1970s, providing an important building block for such acts as Trisha Yearwood, Brad Paisley, Josh Turner and Florida Georgia Line, among others
    Sep 22, 1913
    Cole Porter enrolls in Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He lasts only one year, turning instead to music, where he writes the Gene Autry country hit "Don't Fence Me In"
    Jun 14, 1914
    Cole Porter finishes a year of Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he scored low grades. Eventually, he earns high marks as a songwriter. His efforts include the Gene Autry hit "Don't Fence Me In"
    Apr 25, 1917
    Hoagy Carmichael quits Manual Training High School in Indianapolis, uncertain what he'll do for a living. He eventually finds songwriting a comfortable vocation, crafting the future Willie Nelson hit "Georgia On My Mind"
    May 25, 1928
    Bob Nolan graduates from Tucson High School in Arizona. He writes "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Jan 17, 1930
    Tex Ritter quits law school at Northwestern University in Chicago because it conflicts with his acting schedule
    Jul 6, 1933
    Bob Mulloy is born in Nashville. He founds a music business program in 1971 at Nashville's Belmont University, which becomes a major supplier of workers on Music Row. The school graduates Trisha Yearwood, Brad Paisley, Lee Ann Womack and the members of Florida Georgia Line, among others
    Jun 1, 1937
    "Wake Up Little Susie" songwriter Boudleaux Bryant graduates from Moultrie High School in Georgia
    Oct 23, 1937
    Ray Charles arrives in St. Augustine, Florida, where he is to attend the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
    May 18, 1939
    Chet Atkins graduates from Mountain Hill Elementary in Fortson, Georgia



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