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Oct 11, 1932
Dorothy Marsh is born in McMinnville, Tennessee. As singer/songwriter Dottie West, she joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1964, building a lengthy career around several Kenny Rogers duets and her trademarks "Country Sunshine" and "A Lesson In Leavin'." She enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
Oct 21, 1932
Guitarist Roy Nichols is born in Chandler, Arizona. He performs with Merle Haggard's Strangers from 1965-1987 and writes Haggard's "Street Singer"
Nov 13, 1932
Publisher/record producer/bass player Buddy Killen is born in Lexington, Alabama. He owns Tree Publishing; produces hits for Exile, Ronnie McDowell and T.G. Sheppard; plays bass on George Jones' "White Lightning"; and writes "Watchin' Girls Go By" and "I May Never Get To Heaven"
Nov 25, 1932
Songwriter Glenn Reeves is born in Shamrock, Texas. He writes Faron Young's 1957 single "I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die"
Dec 5, 1932
R&B singer Richard Penniman is born in Macon, Georgia. As Little Richard, he gains a Country Music Association nomination after appearing on the 1994 album "Rhythm Country & Blues." Two of his songs are remade in country: "Slippin' And Slidin'," by Billy "Crash" Craddock; and "Lucille," by Waylon Jennings
Dec 7, 1932
Singer/songwriter Hugh X. Lewis is born in Yeaddiss, Kentucky. He writes Stonewall Jackson's "B.J. The D.J." and appears in such films as "Forty-Acre Feud," "Gold Guitar" and "Cottonpickin' Chicken-Pluckers"
Dec 9, 1932
Billy Edd Wheeler is born in Whitesville, West Virginia. He scores a novelty hit in 1964 with "Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back." He also writes "Jackson" for Johnny Cash & June Carter, and "Coward Of The County" for Kenny Rogers
Dec 28, 1932
Dorsey Burnette is born in Memphis, Tennessee. As a member of Johnny Burnette And The Rock & Roll Trio, he plays a seminal role in the growth of rockabilly. He also writes Glen Campbell's "Hey Little One"
Mar 13, 1933
Songwriter Mike Stoller is born in Belle Harbor, New York. Along with writing partner Jerry Leiber, he pens numerous pop and R&B hits. Several find additional success in country, including "Jailhouse Rock," "Stand By Me" and "Ruby Baby"
Apr 25, 1933
Songwriter Jerry Leiber is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Best known for the rock and rhythm & blues songs he writes with partner Mike Stoller, Leiber also hits the country chart as a writer with such titles as "Jailhouse Rock," "Don't," "Hound Dog," "Stand By Me" and "Ruby Baby"
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