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Jul 22, 1930
Roy Drusky is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1959 before notching more than a dozen smooth-voiced hits. He also writes several Faron Young successes, including "Alone With You" and "Country Girl"
Jul 7, 1930
Singer/songwriter Doyle Wilburn is born in Hardy, Arkansas. He teams with sibling Teddy to form The Wilburn Brothers, debuting on the Grand Ole Opry as pre-teens. They net 14 Top 10 hits from 1954-1966 and publish Loretta Lynn's first songs
Oct 4, 1930
R&B songwriter/producer Jerry Ragovoy is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He writes the Janis Joplin hit "Piece Of My Heart," converted to a country song in a 1993 recording by Faith Hill
Oct 28, 1930
Leonard Sipes is born near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Under the name Tommy Collins, he nets five hits from 1954-1966. He also writes such hits as "Carolyn," "The Roots Of My Raising" and "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
Oct 29, 1930
Songwriter and guitarist Billy Strange is born in Long Beach, California. A studio musician with the Wrecking Crew, he plays on country hits by Rose Maddox, Skeets McDonald and Jerry Lee Lewis
Oct 24, 1930
J.P. Richardson--a.k.a. "The Big Bopper"--is born in Sabine Pass, Texas. Known for his pop hit "Chantilly Lace," he writes Hank Snow's "Beggar To A King," George Jones' "White Lightning" and Sonny James' "Running Bear"
Dec 20, 1930
Songwriter Curly Putman is born in Princeton, Alabama. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he pens Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," Moe Bandy's "It's A Cheating Situation," Porter Wagoner's "Green, Green Grass Of Home" and George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Dec 28, 1930
Songwriter A.L. "Doodle" Owens is born in Waco, Texas. He pens Charley Pride's "All I Have To Offer You (Is Me)," George Jones' "Wine Colored Roses" and Doug Stone's "Fourteen Minutes Old," entering the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999
Mar 16, 1931
R&B songwriter Otis Blackwell is born in Brooklyn, New York. He writes such classics as Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire"
Mar 26, 1931
Margaret Anderson, the first wife of playwright Maxwell Anderson, dies. Later in the decade, he authors the standard "September Song," which will become a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1979
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