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    • Oct 2, 1927
    Producer and record executive Aubrey Mayhew is born in Washington, D.C. He founds the Little Darlin' label, overseeing Johnny Paycheck's 1960s hits. Mayhew also writes Ray Price's "Touch My Heart"
    Oct 2, 1927
    Leon Rausch is born in Springfield, Missouri. He becomes one of the most significant vocalists in western swing, working in several stints with Bob Wills and recording his own solo version of "Milk Cow Blues"
    Oct 5, 1927
    Sam Warner, one of the three siblings who founded Warner Bros. Pictures, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, the day before "The Jazz Singer," the first motion picture with sound, opens. The company eventually expands to include Warner Bros. Records
    Oct 6, 1927
    "The Jazz Singer," the first motion picture with sound, opens in New York, starring Al Jolson. Among the songs he performs in the Warner Bros. flick: "Blue Skies," which becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1978
    Oct 7, 1927
    Pop singer Al Martino is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He records a string of middle-of-the-road hits in the mid-1960s, including "I Love You More And More Every Day," re-tooled in 1973 as a country hit by Sonny James
    Oct 7, 1927
    Jimmie Rodgers' first record, "The Soldier's Sweetheart" backed with "Sleep Baby Sleep," goes on sale
    Oct 18, 1927
    Fiddler G.B. Grayson records "Ommie Wise" in Atlanta, Georgia. The track is destined to appear on the influential 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Oct 24, 1927
    Songwriter Gilbert Becaud is born in Toulon, France. He writes "Let It Be Me," which becomes a country hit three times: for The Everly Brothers, for Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry and for Willie Nelson
    Oct 31, 1927
    Hoagy Carmichael makes the first recording of "Star Dust" during a session in Richmond, Indiana, that features jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke. The song is destined to become the title of Willie Nelson's 1978 standards album
    Oct 31, 1927
    Anita Kerr is born in Memphis. She forms The Anita Kerr Singers, a background vocal group that plays a role in such hits as Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Bobby Bare's "Detroit City"
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