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Nov 8, 1929
Songwriter and record executive Bert Berns is born in The Bronx. He writes "Piece Of My Heart," a Janis Joplin hit that is remade for country by Faith Hill. Berns also founds Bang Records and pens "Hang On Sloopy" and "Twist And Shout"
Nov 10, 1929
Pop songwriter Marilyn Bergman is born in New York. Along with husband Alan Bergman, she writes "The Theme From the Summer Of '42" and "The Way We Were," plus country hits "All His Children" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
Nov 30, 1929
Dick Clark is born in Mount Vernon, New York. Best known as the host of the pop show "American Bandstand," Clark produces the American Music Awards and the Academy Of Country Music awards
Dec 4, 1929
Blind Alfred Reed records "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" in New York. The track will be ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Apr 17, 1930
Recording engineer Al Schmitt is born in Brooklyn. He works on Ray Charles' "Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music, Volume 2," as well as projects by Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, The Mavericks, LeAnn Rimes and Martina McBride
Sep 9, 1930
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers conduct their final recording session in New York City
Sep 15, 1930
Hoagy Carmichael records the original version of "Georgia On My Mind" at the Victor Studios in New York, with Jimmy Dorsey in his backing band. The song is destined to become a Willie Nelson hit in 1978
Jan 26, 1931
"Green Grow The Lilacs" makes its first theatrical appearance in New York, opening at the Guild Theatre. Record producer Art Satherley takes note of a singer in a minor cowboy role: Tex Ritter
Feb 16, 1931
R&B songwriter Otis Blackwell is born in Brooklyn, New York. He writes such classics as Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire"
Apr 13, 1931
Songwriter Maurice Abrahams dies at his home on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Among his credits is "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," a song that appears in a number of western movies before becoming a 1947 country hit for pop singer Eddy Howard
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