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Dec 8, 1914
"Watch Your Step," the first Broadway production to feature a score by Irving Berlin, opens at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. Berlin, one of the most significant composers of the 20th century, has his song "Blue Skies" turned into a country hit by Willie Nelson
Dec 8, 1914
Singer/songwriter Floyd Tillman is born in Ryan, Oklahoma. Noted for writing "Slipping Around" and "I Love You So Much It Hurts," he enters the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984
Dec 11, 1914
Dobro player Clell Summey is born near Sevierville, Tennessee. Under the stage name Cousin Jody, he becomes a key member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and is credited as the first person to play a Dobro on the Grand Ole Opry
Dec 14, 1914
Comedian Morey Amsterdam is born in Chicago. In addition to writing jokes and appearing on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," he pens "Rum And Coca-Cola" and Dick Jurgens' country hit "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming"
Dec 15, 1914
Yodeling songwriter/guitarist Dave McEnery is born in San Antonio, Texas. Performing under the name Red River Dave, he writes Elton Britt's 1945 hit "I'm A Convict With Old Glory In My Heart"
Dec 15, 1914
Singer/guitarist Lynn Davis is born in Johnson County, Kentucky. He's the future husband of Molly O'Day
Dec 31, 1914
Rose Carter is born in Snyder, Oklahoma. She joins the family gospel group The Chuck Wagon Gang, whose "After The Sunrise" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
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