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    • Oct 23, 1937
    Ray Charles arrives in St. Augustine, Florida, where he is to attend the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
    Dec 25, 1937
    With his mother unable to scrape together enough money to bring him home for the holiday, seven-year-old Ray Charles is forced to spend his first Christmas at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine alone
    Oct 29, 1938
    Music publisher Charlie Monk is born in Noma, Florida. Through work at the Opryland Music Group and his own Monk Family Music, he advances the careers of Aaron Tippin, Kenny Chesney and Randy Travis, among others
    Apr 20, 1939
    Johnny Tillotson is born in Jacksonville, Florida. His 1962 recording "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'" hits the Top 5 in both pop and country music
    May 23, 1939
    Songwriter Kent Westberry is born in Miami, Florida. He writes Mel Tillis' "Memory Maker" and Gene Watson's "Love In The Hot Afternoon"
    Jun 6, 1939
    Gary "U.S." Bonds is born in Jacksonville, Florida. The rock singer earns five hits in the 1960s, and another with 1982's "This Little Girl." He also pens Johnny Paycheck's Grammy-nominated "She's All I Got," which Tracy Byrd revives in the 1990s
    Jun 11, 1939
    Wilma Burgess is born in Orlando, Florida. She picks up two hits in the 1960s: "Baby" and the first version of "Misty Blue," later successful for Eddy Arnold and for R&B singer Dorothy Moore
    Mar 17, 1940
    Doris Duckworth is born in Plant City, Florida. She will marry country singer/songwriter Mel Tillis and become mother to Pam Tillis and songwriter Sonny Tillis
    Aug 5, 1940
    Songwriter Bobby Braddock is born in Auburndale, Florida. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he writes such hits as George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," Billy Currington's "People Are Crazy," Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Toby Keith's "I Wanna Talk About Me"
    Jan 14, 1941
    Actress Faye Dunaway is born in Bascom, Florida. Known for her work in "Bonnie And Clyde," "Network" and "The Towering Inferno," she is referenced in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
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