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    • Feb 4, 1915
    Pop songwriter Ray Evans is born in Salamanca, New York. Known for "Silver Bells" and "Que Sera, Sera," he hits the country charts when Moon Mullican records "Mona Lisa" and Gene Autry covers "Buttons And Bows"
    Feb 14, 1915
    Pop songwriter Irving Gordon is born in New York City. Best known for writing the Nat "King" Cole classic "Unforgettable," Gordon authors Eddy Arnold's 1955 country hit "The Kentuckian Song"
    Feb 6, 1916
    Record executive Irving Green is born in Brooklyn, New York. In Chicago during 1944, he founds Mercury Records, a label associated with such acts as Patti Page, Shania Twain, Toby Keith, The Statler Brothers and Sammy Kershaw
    Feb 26, 1916
    Actor, comedian and dance band leader Jackie Gleason is born in Brooklyn, New York. Immortalized for his role in the 1950s TV series "The Honeymooners," he writes Jimmy Dean's 1962 country hit "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Mar 26, 1916
    Songwriter Ed Nelson Jr. is born in The Bronx, New York. He authors several Eddy Arnold hits, including "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)," "One Kiss Too Many" and "Will Santa Come To Shanty Town." He joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973
    Jul 24, 1916
    Pop singer Bob Eberly is born in Mechanicsville, New York. A vocalist with Jimmy Dorsey's big band, he manages to land one country hit by remaking "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" in 1948
    Sep 13, 1916
    Vernon Dalhart conducts his first recording session, cutting a light classical piece, "Just A Word Of Sympathy," for Columbia in New York City. Eight years later, he begins recording country music
    Nov 16, 1916
    Atlantic Records co-founder Herb Abramson is born in Brooklyn, New York. The company specializes early in R&B and jazz, but a later country division builds the careers of Tracy Lawrence, Neal McCoy and John Michael Montgomery
    Dec 6, 1916
    Record producer Hugo Peretti is born in New York City. With Luigi Creatore, he writes Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling In Love" and produces hits for The Stylistics, Sam Cooke and The Isley Brothers, plus the Jimmie Rodgers crossover hit "Honeycomb"
    Jan 10, 1917

    Producer Jerry Wexler is born in Manhattan. During his Atlantic Records tenure, he oversees Willie Nelson's "Bloody Mary Morning," plus hits by Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke, among others

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