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  • May 5, 1922
    Songwriter J.D. Miller is born in Iota, Louisiana. He pens Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
    Dec 26, 1922
    Fiddler Harry Choates is born in Rayne, Louisiana. The Cajun performer is best known for his recording of the standard "Jole Blon"
    Feb 5, 1923
    Claude King is born near Keithville, Louisiana. He earns a half-dozen hits during the 1960s, with "Wolverton Mountain" emerging as his signature recording
    Jan 11, 1924
    Blues singer and harmonica player James Moore is born in Lobdell, Louisiana. Recording under the name Slim Harpo, his "Rainin' In My Heart" is ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 greatest singles
    Oct 25, 1924
    Drummer Earl Palmer Jr. is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. An R&B musician noted for his work on records by Little Richard, Fats Domino and The Righteous Brothers, he also appears on Glen Campbell's country hit "I Wanna Live"
    Nov 27, 1924
    Songwriter Werly Fairburn is born at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. He writes Carl Smith's "I Feel Like Cryin'" and Jim Reeves' "I Guess I'm Crazy"
    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 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"
    Dec 25, 1925
    Howard Hausey is born in Yellow Pine, Louisiana. Operating as rockabilly artist Howard Crockett, he authors the Johnny Horton hits "All Grown Up" and "Honky-Tonk Man." The latter becomes the breakthrough hit for Dwight Yoakam
    Mar 11, 1927
    Richard "Rabbit" Brown records "James Alley Blues" in New Orleans, Louisiana. The song is ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"

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