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Oct 13, 1926
Jazz bass player Ray Brown is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He goes on to marry Ella Fitzgerald several years after she makes a surprise appearance on an early version of Billboard's country chart
Oct 14, 1926
Bill Justis is born in Birmingham, Alabama. Best known for his 1957 instrumental hit "Raunchy," he is the arranger on Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me" and Kenny Rogers' "Love The World Away"
Oct 14, 1926
Kenny Roberts is born in Lenoir City, Tennessee, with the given name George Kingsbury. The yodeling singer/songwriter earns a handful of country hits on Coral Records in 1949 and 1950
Oct 18, 1926
Chuck Berry is born in San Jose. A seminal rock & roll guitarist, he sees many of his songs remade as country hits, including George Jones & Johnny Paycheck's "Mabellene," Buck Owens' "Johnny B. Goode" and Emmylou Harris' "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
Oct 30, 1926
The Binkley Brothers and Theron Hale make their Grand Ole Opry debuts
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