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    • Jul 8, 1908
    Jazz and blues musician Louis Jordan is born in Brinkley, Arkansas. He lands three songs on the Billboard country chart when the magazine establishes the list in 1944
    Jul 24, 1908
    Jazz trumpet player Cootie Williams is born in Mobile, Alabama. He makes an appearance on Billboard's folk chart--later to evolve into the country charts--in 1944 with his recording of "Red Blues"
    Aug 10, 1908
    Piano player and big-band leader Claude Thornhill is born in Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1946, his orchestra records the first hit version of "A Sunday Kind Of Love," which becomes a country hit for Reba McEntire in 1988
    Jan 9, 1910
    Bandleader Dick Jurgens is born in Sacramento, California. He earns a series of pop hits during the 1940s. One of them, "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming," crosses into the country charts during 1947
    May 12, 1910
    Songwriter and orchestra leader Gordon Jenkins is born in Webster Groves, Missouri. His band supports The Weavers on their biggest hits, and he writes "P.S. I Love You," a 1984 country hit for Tom T. Hall
    May 18, 1911
    R&B performer Big Joe Turner is born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1951, he records "Chains Of Love," destined to become a 1977 country hit for Mickey Gilley
    Sep 5, 1911
    Jimmy Springs is born in Mattoon, Illinois. He joins the R&B vocal act The 5 Red Caps, which generates one country hit: 1944's "I Learned A Lesson, I'll Never Forget"
    Oct 7, 1911
    Trumpet player and bandleader Vaughn Monroe is born in Akron, Ohio. He charts more than 50 pop hits from 1940-1954, with "Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" launching him into the country genre
    Dec 7, 1911
    Jazz and blues figure Louis Prima is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A singer and trumpet player, he writes the standard "Sunday Kind Of Love," which becomes a country hit for Reba McEntire in 1988
    Aug 25, 1913
    Jazz bandleader Bob Crosby is born in Spokane, Washington. The younger brother of Bing Crosby, he lands a long list of pop hits and writes Pee Wee King's 1952 country hit "Silver And Gold"



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