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May 7, 1901
Actor Gary Cooper is born in Helena, Montana. Known for roles in "High Noon," "Sergeant York" and "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town," he will be namechecked in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
May 11, 1901
Banjo player Charles "Chick" Hurt is born in Willowshade, Kentucky. He becomes a member of The Prairie Ramblers, a WLS Radio act that backs Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
May 12, 1901
Comedian Whitey Ford is born in DeSoto, Missouri. Nicknamed the Duke of Paducah, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and is subsequently added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986
May 16, 1901
Bass player Birch Monroe is born. The older brother of Bill Monroe, he's among the Blue Grass Boys on the 1948 hit "Wicked Path Of Sin"
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