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    • Feb 4, 1906
    Fiddler Art Wooten is born in Sparta, North Carolina. He becomes the first fiddler in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1939 and returns to the band in the early-1940s, playing on Monroe's version of the fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special"
    Dec 25, 1906
    Guitarist Buddy Jones is born in Asheville, North Carolina. A blues singer, he also appears as a sideman on Jimmie Davis' 1936 hit "I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine"
    Apr 21, 1907
    Banjo player Wade Mainer is born in Buncombe County, North Carolina. He performs in brother J.E. Mainer's band, The Mountaineers, eventually forming his own bluegrass-related band and playing at the White House for President Roosevelt
    Nov 8, 1909
    Scotty Wiseman is born in Ingalls, North Carolina. In 1934, he marries Lulu Belle Stamey, with whom he forms one of country music's leading husband-and-wife duos. He also writes "Mountain Dew" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
    Jan 27, 1910
    Walter "Joe" Callahan is born in Madison County, North Carolina. With younger sibling Bill, he forms The Callahan Brothers, a significant duo that records for the ARC label during the 1930s
    Jul 19, 1910
    Songwriter and disc jockey Fred Kirby is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He writes The Buchanan Brothers' post-World War II hit "Atomic Power"
    Mar 22, 1911
    Cecil Campbell is born in Danbury, North Carolina. He earns a hit in 1949 with "Steel Guitar Ramble" and appears with his Tennessee Ramblers in Tex Ritter's 1941 movie "Ridin' The Cherokee Trail"
    Mar 27, 1912
    Bill Callahan is born in Madison County, North Carolina. With sibling Joe, he forms The Callahan Brothers, a major duo in the 1930s. In the 1950s, he plays on recordings by Lefty Frizzell and Marty Robbins
    Dec 24, 1913
    Lulu Belle Stamey is born in Boone, North Carolina. Teaming with Scotty Wiseman, Lulu Belle & Scotty becomes one of country music's celebrated husband-and-wife duos, mixing acoustic music styles and corny comedy for over 25 years
    Aug 22, 1914
    Connie B. Gay is born in Lizard Lick, North Carolina. Based in Washington, D.C., he becomes a major country manager and promoter, working with such acts as Jimmy Dean, Patsy Cline and Roy Clark. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
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