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    • Dec 6, 1896
    Pop lyricist Ira Gershwin is born in New York City. His successes include "I Got Rhythm," "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" and "A Foggy Day," which Willie Nelson remakes with Frank Sinatra on the 1994 album "Duets II"
    Mar 5, 1898
    Bandleader and Columbia executive Ben Selvin is born in Queens, New York. He scores a #1 pop hit in 1927 with Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies." The song is revived in country music by Willie Nelson in 1978
    Apr 8, 1898
    Pop songwriter E.Y. "Yip" Harburg is born in New York. Among his numerous successes is "Over The Rainbow," written for the movie "The Wizard Of Oz." The song is re-cast in 1980 as a country hit by Jerry Lee Lewis
    Aug 15, 1898
    Pop songwriter Charles Tobias is born in New York City. Associated with such titles as "Merrily We Roll Along" and "Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer," he also writes The Browns' 1960 pop and country hit "The Old Lamplighter"
    Sep 26, 1898
    Pop songwriter George Gershwin is born in New York City. Known for "I Got Rhythm" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me," his song "A Foggy Day" is recorded by Willie Nelson with Frank Sinatra on the 1994 album "Duets II"
    Sep 27, 1898
    Songwriter Vincent Youmans is born in New York City. He writes the pop titles "Tea For Two," "I Want To Be Happy" and "Without A Song," which is covered in country music by Willie Nelson
    Jul 26, 1899
    Film executive Nat Levine is born in New York City. He produces many of Gene Autry's biggest pictures
    Sep 6, 1899
    Songwriter Billy Rose is born in New York City. His compositions include "Barney Google," "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight" and "Without A Song," a 1984 country hit for Willie Nelson
    Mar 10, 1900
    Pop songwriter Peter DeRose is born in New York City. He writes "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)," a 1933 hit for Ted Lewis that finds new life as a posthumous country hit for Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline in 1981
    Apr 23, 1900
    The derisive term "hillbilly" first appears in print in The New York Journal
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