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Dec 4, 1910
Songwriter Alex North is born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He finds his greatest success as the co-writer of "Unchained Melody," a pop hit that also finds favor in country music: for Elvis Presley in 1978 and for LeAnn Rimes in 1997
Dec 17, 1910
Singer/songwriter Spade Cooley is born in Grand, Oklahoma. A fiddler and bandleader, he brings the phrase "western swing" into widespread use, building such 1940s hits as "Shame On You" and "Detour"
May 16, 1911
Songwriter Troy Martin is born in Danville, Virginia. He works with the likes of Art Satherley, Gene Autry and Johnny Horton, and co-writes Ernest Tubb's "Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home"
Jun 6, 1911
Songwriter Vaughn Horton is born in Broad Top, Pennsylvania. His songwriting credits include Red Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag" and Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever," and he performs on the 1950 single "Mockin' Bird Hill" as a member of The Pinetoppers
Jul 25, 1911
Songwriter Mel Foree is born in McMinn County, Tennessee. Employed as a song plugger by Acuff-Rose Music, he writes a Gene Watson hit, "No One Will Ever Know"
Aug 1, 1911
Playwright Maxwell Anderson marries fellow University of North Dakota student Margaret Haskett. He composes "September Song," a Broadway song that's eventually revived for country fans by Willie Nelson
Sep 6, 1911
Zeke Clements is born on a farm near Warrior, Alabama. A Grand Ole Opry member who writes Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water" and several Eddy Arnold hits, he also does the yodeling for the animated character Bashful in Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
Sep 16, 1911
Paul Henning is born in Independence, Missouri. He creates the series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction" and writes their theme songs, performed by Flatt & Scruggs. He's also involved in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Green Acres"
Nov 15, 1911
Songwriter Mann Curtis is born in Brooklyn, New York. He authors "Let It Be Me," an Everly Brothers pop hit that's remade for the country market by Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry in 1968, and by Willie Nelson in 1982
Nov 17, 1911
Wiley Walker is born in Laurel Hill, Florida. Alongside Gene Sullivan, he forms a duo in Dallas in 1939. They record the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again," and score a 1946 hit with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"
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