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  • Oct 11, 1908
    Frank Floyd is born in Toccopola, Mississippi. As Harmonica Frank, he records "Rockin' Chair Daddy" for Sun in 1954. The Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" lists it among the 500 greatest country singles in history
    May 26, 1909
    Blues guitarist Papa Charlie McCoy is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He supports Tommy Johnson on the 1928 recording "Cool Drink Of Water Blues." It will be ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 22, 1910
    Rod Brasfield is born in Smithville, Mississippi. He works as a Grand Ole Opry comedian from 1944-1958 and gives Hank Williams Jr. his nickname, Bocephus
    Mar 5, 1911
    Jesse Rogers is born in Waynesboro, Mississippi. The leader of a band called the '49ers, his lone hit comes with a 1949 cover of Hank Williams' "Wedding Bells"
    Mar 26, 1911
    Tennessee Williams is born in Columbus, Mississippi. Known for writing "The Glass Menagerie," "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," he's named alongside Hank Williams in Don Williams' 1980 hit "Good Ole Boys Like Me"
    Aug 22, 1911
    Doyle Blackwood is born in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He's an original member of gospel's Blackwood Brothers, whose "His Hand In Mine" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 25, 1912
    Gladys Love Smith is born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. She marries Vernon Presley, and becomes the mother of Elvis Presley
    Nov 21, 1913
    Blues musician K.C. Douglas is born in Sharon, Mississippi. His best-known song, "Mercury Boogie," will be re-recorded as "Mercury Blues" by several artists, including Alan Jackson, who earns a country hit with it in 1993
    Jul 1, 1915
    Blues musician Willie Dixon is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Influential in R&B and rock, he plays bass on Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 16, 1915
    R&B singer Al Hibbler is born in Tyro, Mississippi. He records one of the original versions of "Unchained Melody" in 1955. The song will go on to become a country hit for Elvis Presley and for LeAnn Rimes

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