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    • Feb 6, 1911
    Ronald Reagan is born in Dixon, Illinois. As president, Reagan persuades such artists as Janie Fricke, Mickey Gilley and The Judds to give official performances. As governor of California, he pardons Merle Haggard for robbery
    Mar 18, 1911
    Actor Smiley Burnette is born in Sumter, Illinois. He becomes Gene Autry's sidekick in a series of western movies during the 1930s and '40s
    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"
    Apr 11, 1913
    Mildred Goad is born in Mount Carmel, Illinois. Using the stage name Millie Good, she joins her sister, Dollie, to form the duo The Girls Of The Golden West, the first successful all-female act in country music history
    Jan 6, 1914
    Actor David Bruce is born in Kankakee, Illinois. He sires songwriter Amanda McBroom, who writes "The Rose." The song becomes a 1980 pop hit for Bette Midler and a 1983 country hit for Conway Twitty
    Dec 14, 1914
    Comedian Morey Amsterdam is born in Chicago. In addition to writing jokes and appearing on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," he pens "Rum And Coca-Cola" and Dick Jurgens' country hit "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming"
    Jan 13, 1915
    Jenny Lou Carson is born in Decatur, Illinois. A performer on "The WLS Barn Dance," she writes such essential hits as Eddy Arnold's "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle," Red Foley's "Never Trust A Woman" and Hank Snow's "Let Me Go, Lover!"
    Dec 11, 1915
    Dorothy Goad is born in Mount Carmel, Illinois. Under the name Dolly Good, she joins with sister Millie to form The Girls Of The Golden West, the first nationally recognized all-female act in country history, peaking in the 1930s
    Dec 15, 1916
    Jazz pianist Edwin "Buddy" Cole is born in Irving, Illinois. Noted for his work with Nat "King" Cole, Judy Garland and Louis Armstrong, he also appears on the Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely country hit "Slipping Around"
    Aug 23, 1917
    Sollie "Tex" Williams is born in Ramsey, Illinois. He blends recitations with western swing, gaining Capitol Records' first country million-seller in 1947 with "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"
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