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    • Mar 14, 1914
    Folk singer/songwriter Lee Hays is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. A member of The Weavers, he co-writes Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
    May 9, 1914
    Singer/songwriter Hank Snow is born in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia. The Grand Ole Opry member earns more than 40 hit records from 1949-1974, including "I'm Moving On," "I've Been Everywhere," I Don't Hurt Anymore" and "Hello Love," earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 13, 1914
    New York's theater district celebrates Ted Snyder Night, honoring the writer of "Who's Sorry Now?" at the Marcus Loew's Avenue B Theater
    Jun 5, 1914
    Songwriter Stan Jones is born in Douglas, Arizona. He authors the standard "Riders In The Sky," which becomes a hit for Vaughn Monroe and Johnny Cash, plus the title song for a Gene Autry movie
    Aug 4, 1914
    Songwriter Irving Taylor is born in New York, New York. The author of Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody," he also writes Tennessee Ernie Ford's duet with Kay Starr, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own"
    Sep 2, 1914
    Folk singer/songwriter Tom Glazer is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The author of "Talking Inflation Blues" and "On Top Of Spaghetti," he also writes Jean Shepard's 1955 country hit "Take Possession"
    Sep 14, 1914
    Mae Boren Axton is born in Bardwell, Texas. She is best known as the writer of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Oct 10, 1914
    Ivory Joe Hunter is born in Kirbyville, Louisiana. A rhythm & blues singer and songwriter, he pens two songs that become country hits for Sonny James: "Empty Arms" and "Since I Met You Baby"
    Oct 22, 1914
    Songwriter Sylvia Dee is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She pens a handful of 1960s country hits, including Willie Nelson's "Bring Me Sunshine," Billy Walker's "I Taught Her Everything She Knows" and Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World"
    Dec 8, 1914
    "Watch Your Step," the first Broadway production to feature a score by Irving Berlin, opens at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. Berlin, one of the most significant composers of the 20th century, has his song "Blue Skies" turned into a country hit by Willie Nelson



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