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    • Dec 31, 1912
    Louis Armstrong shoots off a pistol in a New Year's Eve celebration in New Orleans. The incident gets him shipped to reform school, where he studies music and joins the school band. He's destined to record with Jimmie Rodgers on "Blue Yodel No. 9"
    Jun 27, 1913
    Cajun accordion player Nathan Abshire is born in Gueydan, Louisiana. His 1949 recording of "Pine Grove Blues" is heralded in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles in history
    Oct 10, 1914
    Ivory Joe Hunter is born in Kirbyville, Louisiana. A rhythm & blues singer and songwriter, he pens two songs that become country hits for Sonny James: "Empty Arms" and "Since I Met You Baby"
    May 20, 1915
    Arranger and trumpet player Bill McElhiney is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He appears on hits by Bill Anderson, Jim Reeves and Johnny Cash, most notably the 1963 classic "Ring Of Fire"
    Jan 12, 1917
    Songwriter Tex Grimsley is born in Logansport, Louisiana. He writes Webb Pierce's 1953 hit "I'm Walking The Dog"
    Sep 19, 1917
    Xavier B. Cosse is born in New Orleans. A booking agent and promoter, he also marries country-gospel star Martha Carson
    Jan 9, 1918
    Jimmie Rodgers, destined to become known as The Singing Brakeman, takes a job with the New Orleans & Northeastern railroad in New Orleans
    Dec 24, 1920
    Songwriter Dave Bartholomew is born in Edgard, Louisiana. A frequent collaborator of Fats Domino, he has several songs become country hits: Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of "Ain't That A Shame," Ricky Nelson's "I'm Walkin'" and Elvis Presley's "One Night"
    Aug 8, 1921
    Webb Pierce is born in West Monroe, Louisiana. He gains a reputation for a nasal twang and garish stage persona, but becomes one of the biggest honky-tonk stars of the 1950s through such titles as "I Ain't Never," "In The Jailhouse Now" and "There Stands The Glass." He reaches the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Jan 14, 1922
    Al Terry is born in Kaplan, Louisiana. The smooth-voiced Cajun singer manages one country hit with 1954's "Good Deal, Lucille"
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