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    • Sep 6, 1911
    Zeke Clements is born on a farm near Warrior, Alabama. A Grand Ole Opry member who writes Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water" and several Eddy Arnold hits, he also does the yodeling for the animated character Bashful in Disney's "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
    Aug 12, 1912
    Singer/songwriter Rex Griffin is born in Gadsden, Alabama. He records for Decca in the late-1930s, but makes a stronger mark by writing Eddy Arnold's "Just Call Me Lonesome" and Hank Penny's "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon"
    Feb 4, 1913
    Rosa Parks is born in Tuskegee, Alabama. A symbol of the civil rights movement, she's referenced in a pair of 2009 country hits: Brad Paisley's "Welcome To The Future" and Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice"
    Sep 12, 1913
    Track star Jesse Owens is born in Oakville, Alabama. A winner of four gold medals during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Owens will be referenced in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
    Jul 26, 1914
    Jazz trumpeter Erskine Hawkins is born in Birmingham, Alabama. The leader of his own big band, he crosses one song onto the country charts: 1944's "Don't Cry, Baby"
    Nov 6, 1914
    Gene Sullivan is born in Carbon Hill, Alabama. He teams with Wiley Walker in 1939 to form a duo in Dallas. They record the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" and net a 1946 hit with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"
    Jun 19, 1915
    Actor Pat Buttram is born in Addison, Alabama. The comedic sidekick appears alongside Gene Autry in a string of western movies before carving out a role as Mr. Haney on TV's "Green Acres"
    Nov 3, 1915
    Cal Maddox is born in Boaz, Alabama. A member of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, he is part of the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America, whose energetic live show makes them one of the most popular touring honky-tonk acts of the 1940s and '50s
    Dec 3, 1916
    Rabon Delmore is born in Elkmont, Alabama. With older sibling Alton Delmore, The Delmore Brothers become a leading duo in the 1930s, with their mix of country and blues leading to a 2001 induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 18, 1918
    Hank Penny is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He becomes a western swing bandleader of note during the 1930s and '40s and eventually opens the influential Palomino Club in North Hollywood, California
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