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    • Jul 31, 1923
    Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun is born in Istanbul, Turkey. After succeeding in other genres, the label opens a country wing in 1989, launching Tracy Lawrence, Neal McCoy and John Michael Montgomery. Ertegun also writes "Chains Of Love"
    Nov 21, 1923
    Hal Smith is born in Fairview, Alabama. A fiddler for Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and others, he marries singer Velma Williams, of The Smoky Mountain Boys. He also joins Ray Price to found Pamper Music, a publishing company that provides a songwriting springboard for Willie Nelson, Harlan Howard and Hank Cochran
    Dec 3, 1923
    Hubert Long is born in Poteet, Texas. He emerges among country music's most influential executives, working with the likes of Eddy Arnold, Webb Pierce and Faron Young on his way to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Feb 16, 1924
    Jo Walker-Meador is born in Orlinda, Tennessee. She serves as executive director of the Country Music Association from 1962-1991 and is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995
    Jun 20, 1924
    Chet Atkins is born in Luttrell, Tennessee. The consummate guitarist, he develops a successful career as an instrumentalist, but also runs RCA Records' country division and helps create the Nashville Sound, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973
    Oct 3, 1924
    Joe Allison is born in McKinney, Texas. Allison writes such hits as Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Faron Young's "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" and serves as the head of Liberty Records' country division in the 1960s
    Jan 9, 1927
    Artist manager Jack McFadden is born in Sikeston, Missouri. His clients will include Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus
    Mar 19, 1927
    Frank Peppiatt is born in Toronto, Ontario. He co-creates and co-produces "Hee Haw," a long-running TV show that mixes country music and comedy
    Mar 25, 1927
    Musician/executive Joe Talbot is born in Nashville. A member of Hank Snow's Rainbow Ranch Boys from 1950-1954, he plays steel guitar on "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I," "The Golden Rocket" and "I'm Moving On," among others
    Mar 27, 1927
    Record executive Mo Ostin is born in New York. He establishes Atlantic Records and eventually becomes the head of Warner Bros. Records. Atlantic's country legacy includes Tracy Lawrence, John Michael Montgomery and Confederate Railroad



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