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    • Sep 3, 1925
    Hank Thompson is born in Waco, Texas. His mix of honky-tonk and Western swing makes him one of country's top acts in the 1950s and early-'60s. His signature song, "The Wild Side Of Life," aids his 1989 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 6, 1925
    Blues singer/songwriter Jimmy Reed is born in Dunleith, Mississippi. Sonny James remakes Reed's 1961 release "Bright Lights, Big City" as a country hit in 1971
    Sep 10, 1925
    R&B artist Roy Brown is born in New Orleans. He writes "Good Rockin' Tonight," an early Sun recording by Elvis Presley, and earns a country hit in 1948 with his own recording, "'Fore Day In The Morning"
    Sep 11, 1925
    Pop songwriter Alan Bergman is born in Brooklyn, New York. Along with wife Marilyn Bergman, he writes "The Theme From the Summer Of '42" and "The Way We Were," plus country hits "All His Children" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
    Sep 13, 1925
    WDAD becomes the first radio station in Nashville, airing some country music before WSM, the future home of the Grand Ole Opry, signs on more than three weeks later
    Sep 16, 1925
    Songwriter Earl Solomon Burroughs is born. Working under the name Jack Hammer, he co-writes the Jerry Lee Lewis classic "Great Balls Of Fire"
    Sep 16, 1925
    Blues guitarist B.B. King is born in Indianola, Mississippi. He joins George Jones to record "Patches" for the 1994 album "Rhythm Country & Blues," which gains a nomination for a Country Music Association award
    Sep 18, 1925
    Dr. Humphrey Bate makes his radio debut on Nashville's WDAD. One month later, he similarly appears on WSM, where he eventually becomes an early mainstay of the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 25, 1925
    KWKH goes on the air in Shreveport, Louisiana, taking its call letters from founder William Kennon Henderson. The station later sponsors "The Louisiana Hayride"
    Sep 26, 1925
    Martin Robinson is born in Glendale, Arizona. Under the name Marty Robbins, he brings a smooth style and confident swagger to country, mixing pop crossover material, western story songs and country ballads, ultimately landing in the Country Music Hall of Fame
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