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    • Jun 21, 1915
    Georgia's governor commutes Leo Frank's sentence from the death penalty to life in prison. Frank had been sentenced for a murder that led Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan." Carson joins protests at the governor's mansion in Atlanta
    Aug 16, 1915
    Georgia prisoner Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta for the alleged death of an employee. His controversial case spurred Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
    Oct 16, 1915
    Songwriter Bob Newman is born in Cochran, Georgia. He writes the Sons Of The Pioneers' 1947 hit "Baby Doll"
    Jun 22, 1916
    Fiddlin' John Carson's two-year hitch with the National Guard ends with a discharge
    Oct 21, 1916
    Fiddler Tommy Magness is born in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. He supports Little Jimmy Dickens in the singer's first recording session, playing on "Take An Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)." During his tenure with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Magness also plays on "Mule Skinner Blues"
    Feb 15, 1917
    Wally Fowler, the founder of The Oak Ridge Boys, is born near Adairsville, Georgia. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1945, but turns almost strictly to gospel music when The Oak Ridge Quartet takes off in 1947
    Aug 27, 1917
    Pete Cassell is born in Cobb County, Georgia. Accidentally blinded at age three, he becomes a star performer on Atlanta's WSB Radio in the 1940s, a smooth-voiced predecessor to Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold and George Morgan
    Dec 15, 1919
    Songwriter Tommy Durden is born in Morgan County, Georgia. He co-writes the classic "Heartbreak Hotel," made famous in 1956 by Elvis Presley and covered in 1979 by Willie Nelson & Leon Russell
    Feb 13, 1920
    Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant is born in Shellman, Georgia. Bryant writes such titles as "Wake Up Little Susie," "Bye Bye Love," "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Hole In My Pocket"--many with wife Felice--on his way to the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 8, 1921
    Gospel songwriter Mosie Lister is born in Cochran, Georgia. He authors The Blackwood Brothers' "His Hand In Mine," ranked among country's all-time greatest hits in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
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