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    • Feb 17, 1922
    R&B singer Tommy Edwards is born in Richmond, Virginia. In 1958, he snares his biggest hit with "It's All In The Game," subsequently revised in 1977 as a country hit by Tom T. Hall
    Mar 14, 1922
    Organ player Artie Dunn is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He becomes a member of the pop instrumental act The Three Suns, who score a 1950 country hit with "Beyond The Sunset," featuring Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt
    Mar 14, 1922
    Pianist and arranger Les Baxter is born in Mexia, Texas. Noted for his work with Bob Hope and Nat King Cole, his Les Baxter Chorus supports Jimmy Wakely on the 1951 pop and country hit "Beautiful Brown Eyes"
    Jun 10, 1922
    Actress and singer Judy Garland is born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She appears in "The Wizard Of Oz" singing "Over The Rainbow," destined to become a country hit for Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jul 21, 1922
    Pop singer Kay Starr is born in Dougherty, Oklahoma. She builds a prolific recording career in the 1940s and '50s that includes a pair of country duets with Tennessee Ernie Ford, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" and "I'll Never Be Free"
    Aug 16, 1922
    R&B piano player Ernie Freeman is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He scores one country hit during his career with his 1958 cover of the instrumental "Raunchy"
    May 25, 1923
    Pop singer Kitty Kallen is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After working with the big bands of Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James, she becomes a solo singer. Her "Little Things Mean A Lot" is remade in 1978 for country by Margo Smith
    Jun 22, 1923
    Blues singer Ella Johnson is born in Darlington, South Carolina. She sings lead for brother Buddy Johnson's orchestra, providing the vocal for "When My Man Comes Home," which appears in 1944 on an early version of Billboard's country chart
    Oct 16, 1923
    Pop musician and songwriter Bert Kaempfert is born in Hamburg, Germany. The author of "Strangers In The Night," "Wooden Heart" and "Danke Schoen," he also pens "Spanish Eyes," a pop hit by Al Martino that appears on country charts in 1988 as a Willie Nelson duet with Julio Iglesias
    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



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