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    • Jun 17, 1910
    Red Foley is born in Blue Lick, Kentucky. Following his sentimental hit about his dog, "Old Shep," he becomes a major figure on the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and '50s. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967
    Jul 18, 1910
    Keyboard player Lou Busch is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the stage name Joe "Fingers" Carr, he provides instrumental support for Tennessee Ernie Ford on the 1951 country hit "Tailor Made Woman"
    Sep 13, 1911
    Bill Monroe is born in Rosine, Kentucky. Recognized as the Father of Bluegrass, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1939 and enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 behind such titles as "Uncle Pen," "In The Pines" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
    Feb 5, 1912
    Fiddler and songwriter Tex Atchison is born in Rosine, Kentucky. Among his credits: Johnny Bond's "Sick, Sober And Sorry," Johnny Horton's "Sleepy-Eyed John" and Hank Locklin's "We're Gonna Go Fishin'"
    Sep 29, 1913
    Sarah Rachel Roberts is born in Kentucky. Her children will include a Grand Ole Opry star, Skeeter Davis
    Oct 20, 1913
    Banjo-playing comic Louis Marshall Jones is born in Niagara, Kentucky. Under the stage name Grandpa Jones, he amasses 50 years as a Grand Ole Opry member and becomes a longtime cast member on the satirical TV show "Hee Haw"
    Dec 25, 1913
    Songwriter Chilton Price is born outside Fern Creek, Kentucky. She pens Pee Wee King's "Slow Poke" and Jo Stafford's pop hit "You Belong To Me"
    May 11, 1914
    Bob Atcher is born in Hardin County, Kentucky. A successful recording artist in the late-1930s and early-'40s, he scores hits with "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," "Cool Water" and "You Are My Sunshine"
    Dec 15, 1914
    Singer/guitarist Lynn Davis is born in Johnson County, Kentucky. He's the future husband of Molly O'Day
    Jun 17, 1915
    David "Stringbean" Akeman is born in Annville, Kentucky. As a banjo player, he joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. But he is better known as a comedian, noted for a striped shirt and pants that seem belted at his thighs. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s, remaining a member until his murder in 1973
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