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Jan 2, 1926
Guitarist Harold Bradley is born in Nashville. As a member of Nashville's A-Team of studio musicians, he becomes a Country Music Hall of Fame member after playing on hits by Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, among others
Jan 3, 1926
Record producer George Martin is born in London, England. Best known for his work with The Beatles and America, Martin also produces Kenny Rogers' country album "The Heart Of The Matter"
Jan 4, 1926
Songwriter Irving Berlin marries Ellin Mackay at New York's City Hall. In the first year of their union, he writes "Blue Skies," which is destined to become a country hit in 1978 for Willie Nelson
Jan 7, 1926
Actor and comedian George Burns marries Gracie Allen in Cleveland, Ohio. More than 50 years later, he notches a country hit with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
Jan 12, 1926
Ray Price is born in Peach, Texas. Nicknamed the "Cherokee Cowboy," he is instrumental in the growth of the country shuffle and the use of recorded strings. His legacy includes "Crazy Arms," "For The Good Times," "I've Got A New Heartache" and a plaque in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jan 16, 1926
The Broadway production of "Rose-Marie" comes to a close. The title song--written by Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein and Otto Harbach--finds new life in country music when Slim Whitman revives it in 1954
Jan 18, 1926
Robert Moncrief is born in Anniston, Alabama. Under the pseudonym Bobby Edwards, he writes and records the 1961 hit "You're The Reason"
Jan 23, 1926
Songwriter Casey Anderson is born in Osnabrock, North Dakota. A founding member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, he co-writes Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive" with his wife, Liz Anderson. Daughter Lynn Anderson becomes a significant country singer
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