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Oct 1, 1951
Decca releases Webb Pierce's first hit, "Wondering"
Oct 1, 1951
Songwriter Chip Hardy is born in Scott City, Kansas. He writes three early-'80s hits for The Whites: "Hangin' Around," "Pins And Needles" and "You Put The Blue In Me"
Oct 2, 1951
Gordon Sumner is born in Wallsend, England. Under the name Sting, he plays in the rock band The Police, then builds an eclectic solo career. He joins Toby Keith in the country charts on a remake of his song "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
Oct 3, 1951
Blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Keb' Mo' is born in Los Angeles, California. He joins Garth Brooks in a 2001 NBC special, records with Lee Roy Parnell, and appears on tribute albums celebrating Johnny Cash and Hank Williams
Oct 3, 1951
Kenny Dale is born in Artesia, New Mexico. He garners a hit in 1979 by remaking Gene Pitney's "Only Love Can Break A Heart"
Oct 4, 1951
When The Oak Ridge Quartet plays Evansville, Indiana, concert-goer Minnie Huff gives the band a wallet-size picture of Jesus and writes "Oak Ridge Boys" on the back. The Quartet later adopts The Oak Ridge Boys as its official name
Oct 5, 1951
The Red Skelton/Esther Williams movie "Texas Carnival" debuts with Foy Willing in a supporting musical role
Oct 5, 1951
"Don't Fence Me In" songwriter Cole Porter enters Doctors Hospital in Manhattan, where he undergoes multiple shock treatments
Oct 6, 1951
R&B musician Tiny Bradshaw records "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" in Cincinnati. Johnny Burnette And The Rock & Roll Trio's cover of the song ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Oct 7, 1951
John Mellencamp is born in Seymour, Indiana. The rocker, known for such hits as "Hurts So Good," "Pink Houses" and "Jack & Diane," which will be the foundation for a Jake Owen country hit, "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)." Mellencamp is namechecked in the title of Keith Urban's 2015 hit "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
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