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    • Jul 22, 1850
    Songwriter Stephen Foster marries Jane McDowell in Pennsylvania. His songs will be sung by the likes of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and Ray Whitley in numerous movies. He also becomes the subject of a 2004 tribute album, "Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster"
    Jan 13, 1865
    Songwriter Stephen Foster dies at New York's Bellevue Hospital after a tragic fall. A pioneer in American popular music, he's honored with a Grammy-winning 2004 tribute album, "Beautiful Dreamer," featuring Raul Malo, John Prine and David Ball
    Aug 18, 1873
    Pop songwriter Otto Harbach is born in Salt Lake City, Utah. The author of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," he also earns country hits when Slim Whitman covers "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
    Nov 16, 1873
    W.C. Handy is born in Florence, Alabama. Recognized as the Father of the Blues, he's referenced in the 2003 Lonestar hit "Walking In Memphis." Handy enters the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983
    Dec 7, 1879
    Pop songwriter Rudolf Friml is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Two songs he writes for Broadway--"Indian Love Call" and "Rose Marie"--emerge as country hits for Slim Whitman during the 1950s
    Aug 15, 1881
    Broadway composer Ted Snyder is born in Freeport, Illinois. His credits include Milton Brown & His Brownies' "Who's Sorry Now?," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 21, 1882
    Bascom Lunsford is born in Mars Hill, North Carolina. A folk music collector and promoter, he also co-writes the country classic "Mountain Dew"
    Mar 18, 1883
    Songwriter Maurice Abrahams is born in Russia. He co-writes "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," a song that appears in several western movies before becoming a country hit for Eddy Howard in 1947
    Feb 16, 1884
    Pop lyricist Bert Kalmar is born in New York City. He co-writes "Who's Sorry Now?," which becomes a bellwether recording for western swing act Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. Kalmar joins the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970
    Mar 16, 1884
    Pop songwriter Joe Burke is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The author of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" and "Rambling Rose," he also writes the 1925 hit "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," a 1979 country hit for Deborah Allen and the late Jim Reeves



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