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    • Nov 3, 1952
    Danny and Annie Lou Dill have a daughter, Ava Tyanne Dill. The couple works regularly as an opening act for Ernest Tubb at the time, although Danny Dill goes on to write such hits as "Detroit City" and "The Long Black Veil"
    Dec 2, 1952
    Attorneys for Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman ask a judge to delay a copyright suit filed by an Ohio woman who claims "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" infringes on her "Sleepy-Town Journey." Haldeman, say the lawyers, is recovering from a heart attack
    Dec 4, 1952
    Rabon Delmore dies of lung cancer one day after his 36th birthday. Along with older sibling Alton Delmore, The Delmore Brothers were one of the genre's strongest duos during the 1930s, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Dec 27, 1952
    Karla Bonoff is born in Los Angeles. The pop singer/songwriter is best known for her 1982 single "Personally," remade as a country hit by Ronnie McDowell. Bonoff also writes Lynn Anderson's "Isn't It Always Love" and Wynonna's "Tell Me Why"
    Jan 1, 1953
    Hank Williams is pronounced dead at Oak Hill General Hospital in Oak Hill, West Virginia, after passing away in the back seat of a Cadillac, en route to a show in Canton, Ohio. Many believe he died from a mix of alcohol and morphine. He will become one of the three inaugural members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 1, 1953
    Marvin Rainwater writes "Heart's Hall Of Fame." The next day, it becomes the first song he records
    Jan 6, 1953
    Songwriter/guitarist Malcolm Young is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He becomes a founding member of the hard-rock band AC/DC, referenced in Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"
    Jan 26, 1953
    Lucinda Williams is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her laidback snapshots of Southern life make her a significant figure in the alt.country movement. She also writes Mary Chapin Carpenter's mainstream-country hit "Passionate Kisses"
    Jan 27, 1953
    Songwriter Tom Douglas is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He authors such hits as Lady Antebellum's "I Run To You," Chris Janson's "Drunk Girl," Keith Urban and Eric Church's "Raise 'Em Up" and Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"
    Feb 2, 1953
    Songwriter Gilbert Becaud has a son, Gaya Becaud, in France. When the boy is six, Dad scores a hit as The Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me." The song is also a country success for Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry and for Willie Nelson



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