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Oct 10, 1923
Fiddler and banjo player Minnie "Susie" Ledford is born in Powell County, Kentucky. She joins sisters Lily May and Rosie Ledford in the all-female stringband The Coon Creek Girls when the group undergoes a lineup change in 1939
Oct 11, 1923
Piano player Shorty Long is born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He nabs one country hit, a 1948 recording of "Sweeter Than The Flowers"
Oct 16, 1923
Pop musician and songwriter Bert Kaempfert is born in Hamburg, Germany. The author of "Strangers In The Night," "Wooden Heart" and "Danke Schoen," he also pens "Spanish Eyes," a pop hit by Al Martino that appears on country charts in 1988 as a Willie Nelson duet with Julio Iglesias
Oct 16, 1923
Walt and Roy Disney found Disney Brothers Studio in California. Eventually, the Disney conglomerate establishes Lyric Street Records, a country label that handles such acts as Aaron Tippin, Rascal Flatts and SHeDAISY
Oct 17, 1923
Jazz guitarist Barney Kessel is born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He augments his career by playing sessions for the likes of The Beach Boys and Elvis Presley, his credits including "Return To Sender"
Oct 30, 1923
Singer/songwriter Lewis Pruitt is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He earns a trio of country hits from 1959-1961
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