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Jan 23, 1926
Songwriter Casey Anderson is born in Osnabrock, North Dakota. A founding member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, he co-writes Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive" with his wife, Liz Anderson. Daughter Lynn Anderson becomes a significant country singer
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
May 23, 1926
Songwriter Arthur Gunter is born in Nashville. He writes Elvis Presley's early hit "Baby, Let's Play House"
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 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"
Oct 18, 1926
Chuck Berry is born in San Jose. A seminal rock & roll guitarist, he sees many of his songs remade as country hits, including George Jones & Johnny Paycheck's "Mabellene," Buck Owens' "Johnny B. Goode" and Emmylou Harris' "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
Dec 21, 1926
Freddie Hart is born in Lochapoka, Alabama. A songwriter who pens hits for Porter Wagoner, Carl Smith and George Jones, he earns his largest acclaim as an artist with "Easy Loving," the Country Music Association's Song of the Year in 1971 and '72
Dec 23, 1926
Pop singer Harold Dorman is born in Drew, Mississippi. He has a hit in 1960 with the self-penned "Mountain Of Love," remade in 1964 by Johnny Rivers. It's a hit in 1982 for Charley Pride, who also sings Dorman's "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
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