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Apr 29, 1901
Emperor Hirohito is born in Tokyo. He oversees Japan during World War II, when he is vilified in the lyrics of Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water"
May 7, 1901
Actor Gary Cooper is born in Helena, Montana. Known for roles in "High Noon," "Sergeant York" and "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town," he will be namechecked in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
May 11, 1901
Banjo player Charles "Chick" Hurt is born in Willowshade, Kentucky. He becomes a member of The Prairie Ramblers, a WLS Radio act that backs Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
May 12, 1901
Comedian Whitey Ford is born in DeSoto, Missouri. Nicknamed the Duke of Paducah, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and is subsequently added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986
May 16, 1901
Bass player Birch Monroe is born. The older brother of Bill Monroe, he's among the Blue Grass Boys on the 1948 hit "Wicked Path Of Sin"
Jun 29, 1901
Actor Nelson Eddy is born in Providence, Rhode Island. Along with Jeanette MacDonald, he introduces "Indian Love Call" and the title song in the movie "Rose Marie." Both songs become country hits for Slim Whitman
Jul 7, 1901
O.W. Mayo is born. He manages Bob Wills from 1933 until the end of World War II. Mayo also writes one of Wills' songs, "Blues For Dixie," and appears in the movie "Take Me Back To Oklahoma"
Jul 23, 1901
Banjo player Coble "Dock" Walsh is born in Wilkes County, North Carolina. As a member of The Carolina Tar Heels, he plays on two songs--"Peg And Awl" and "Got The Farm Land Blues"--on the Smithsonian's "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
Jul 28, 1901
Traditional pop singer Rudy Vallee is born in Island Pond, Vermont. He earns a 1934 hit with the Johnny Mercer-penned "P.S. I Love You," later revived for the country audience by Tom T. Hall
Aug 4, 1901
Trumpet player Louis Armstrong is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Recognized as one of jazz music's greatest figures, the raspy-voiced singer joins Jimmie Rodgers to record "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)" in 1930
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