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    • Feb 21, 1928
    Jimmie Rodgers records "Any Old Time" and "Desert Blues" at the Victor Studios in New York City
    Mar 19, 1928
    Banjo player Tom Paley is born in New York. He becomes a founding member of the string band The New Lost City Ramblers. Their recording of "On Some Foggy Mountain Top" is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    May 15, 1928
    Songwriter Wally Gold is born in Brooklyn, New York. He authors a pair of Elvis Presley hits: "It's Now Or Never" and "Good Luck Charm"
    Jun 12, 1928
    Emmett Miller records "Lovesick Blues" in New York with a band that includes Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. Miller's version of the song later influences Hank Williams to record it, leading to Williams' breakthrough record
    Aug 9, 1928
    Emmett Miller records his signature song, "Anytime," in New York. Eddy Arnold later turns it into a country hit
    Sep 19, 1928
    Tex Ritter makes his first appearance on Broadway, with a bit part in "The New Moon" at the Imperial Theater
    Sep 25, 1928
    Violinist Martin Katahn is born in Utica, New York. He plays with Nashville string sections on a number of country hits, including Elvis Presley's "Moody Blue," Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden," Ray Price's "For The Good Times" and Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Sep 30, 1928
    TV producer Sam Lovullo is born in Buffalo, New York. After working on "The Jonathan Winters Show," he helps launch "Hee Haw," a long-running mix of comedy and country music co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark
    Dec 1, 1928
    "Blue Skies" songwriter Irving Berlin and his wife, Ellin, have a son, Irving Berlin Jr. "Blue Skies" is destined to become a country hit 50 years later for Willie Nelson
    Dec 25, 1928
    Twenty-four days after his birth, Irving Berlin Jr. dies in his Manhattan crib of a heart attack. The event sours Christmas for father Irving Berlin, who ironically is destined to write one of the holiday classics, "White Christmas"
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