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    • Sep 8, 1927
    Songwriter Harlan Howard is born in Detroit. Added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997, his long list of credits includes Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces," The Judds' "Why Not Me" and Buck Owens' "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"
    Sep 21, 1927
    Songwriter Gilles Thibault is born in Paris, France. He co-writes "Comme De'Habitude," a song that Paul Anka re-writes as "My Way." The latter title becomes a signature song for Frank Sinatra and a posthumous country hit for Elvis Presley
    Oct 24, 1927
    Songwriter Gilbert Becaud is born in Toulon, France. He writes "Let It Be Me," which becomes a country hit three times: for The Everly Brothers, for Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry and for Willie Nelson
    Nov 26, 1927
    Songwriter Gwen Gordy is born in Detroit, Michigan. A sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., she co-writes Jackie Wilson's classic "Lonely Teardrops," which Narvel Felts refashions as a country hit in 1976
    Dec 30, 1927
    Bob Ferguson is born in Willow Springs, Missouri. He produces Connie Smith, Dolly Parton and Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius, and writes Ferlin Husky's "Wings Of A Dove" and Porter Wagoner's "The Carroll County Accident"
    Apr 3, 1928
    Singer/songwriter Don Gibson is born in Shelby, North Carolina. He writes and records several classic hits--including "Sweet Dreams," "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome Me"--earning a 2001 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Apr 14, 1928
    Songwriter Lee Rosenberg is born. She authors the Elvis Presley hit "Too Much"
    May 12, 1928
    Pop songwriter Burt Bacharach is born in Kansas City, Missouri. Best known for the songs he co-writes with Hal David for Dionne Warwick, Bacharach earns country hits by writing Ronnie Milsap's "Any Day Now," Marty Robbins' "The Story Of My Life" and Sonny James' "Only Love Can Break A Heart"
    May 15, 1928
    Songwriter Wally Gold is born in Brooklyn, New York. He authors a pair of Elvis Presley hits: "It's Now Or Never" and "Good Luck Charm"
    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



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