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Aug 14, 1915
Alyce King is born in Payson, Utah. A member of the pop group The King Sisters, she also participates in the act's 1946 country remake of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
Aug 14, 1915
George Jones' parents, George and Clara, elope
Aug 16, 1915
R&B singer Al Hibbler is born in Tyro, Mississippi. He records one of the original versions of "Unchained Melody" in 1955. The song will go on to become a country hit for Elvis Presley and for LeAnn Rimes
Aug 16, 1915
Charlotte "Rosie" Ledford is born in Powell County, Kentucky. She joins The Coon Creek Girls, the first all-female stringband, and the first country group to perform at the White House
Aug 16, 1915
Georgia prisoner Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta for the alleged death of an employee. His controversial case spurred Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
Aug 24, 1915
Wynonie Harris is born in Omaha, Nebraska. Nicknamed Mr. Blues, he joins Lucky Millinder's big band in 1940, singing lead on "Hurry, Hurry," a song that appears during 1944 in the Top 10 on an early version of the Billboard country chart
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