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Jun 21, 1915
Georgia's governor commutes Leo Frank's sentence from the death penalty to life in prison. Frank had been sentenced for a murder that led Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan." Carson joins protests at the governor's mansion in Atlanta
Aug 16, 1915
Georgia prisoner Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta for the alleged death of an employee. His controversial case spurred Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
Oct 16, 1915
Songwriter Bob Newman is born in Cochran, Georgia. He writes the Sons Of The Pioneers' 1947 hit "Baby Doll"
Jun 22, 1916
Fiddlin' John Carson's two-year hitch with the National Guard ends with a discharge
Oct 21, 1916
Fiddler Tommy Magness is born in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. He supports Little Jimmy Dickens in the singer's first recording session, playing on "Take An Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)." During his tenure with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Magness also plays on "Mule Skinner Blues"
Feb 15, 1917
Wally Fowler, the founder of The Oak Ridge Boys, is born near Adairsville, Georgia. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1945, but turns almost strictly to gospel music when The Oak Ridge Quartet takes off in 1947
Aug 27, 1917
Pete Cassell is born in Cobb County, Georgia. Accidentally blinded at age three, he becomes a star performer on Atlanta's WSB Radio in the 1940s, a smooth-voiced predecessor to Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold and George Morgan
Dec 15, 1919
Songwriter Tommy Durden is born in Morgan County, Georgia. He co-writes the classic "Heartbreak Hotel," made famous in 1956 by Elvis Presley and covered in 1979 by Willie Nelson & Leon Russell
Feb 13, 1920
Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant is born in Shellman, Georgia. Bryant writes such titles as "Wake Up Little Susie," "Bye Bye Love," "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Hole In My Pocket"--many with wife Felice--on his way to the Country Music Hall of Fame
Sep 8, 1921
Gospel songwriter Mosie Lister is born in Cochran, Georgia. He authors The Blackwood Brothers' "His Hand In Mine," ranked among country's all-time greatest hits in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
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