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    • May 14, 1936
    Pop star Bobby Darin is born in The Bronx. Straddling the line between rock & roll and traditional pop during the 1950s and '60s, he earns his lone country hit as an artist with 1958's "Splish Splash." He also writes "Dream Lover," a pop song remade for country music by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1971
    Jun 8, 1936
    The Carter Family conducts its first Decca recording session in New York City. The date's material includes a song destined to become a pop hit for Elvis Presley: "Are You Lonesome To-night?"
    Jun 9, 1936
    The Carter Family records "No Depression" in New York City. The song provides the name for the 1990s-born alt-country magazine No Depression
    Jun 16, 1936
    "Blue Skies" songwriter Irving Berlin and his wife, Ellin, welcome a daughter, Elizabeth Irving Berlin, in New York City
    Jul 21, 1936
    Steel guitarist Hal Rugg is born in New York City. He plays on the majority of Loretta Lynn's hits, including "Coal Miner's Daughter," "One's On The Way" and "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)"
    Aug 4, 1936
    Bass singer Elsbeary Hobbs is born in New York. In the 1950s, he joins The Drifters, singing on "Save The Last Dance For Me," resurrected three different times as a country hit--by Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton
    Sep 1, 1936
    Minstrel performer Emmett Miller holds what's believed to be the final recording session of his career in New York. He influenced Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams
    Nov 11, 1936
    Pop songwriter Jack Keller is born in Brooklyn, New York. He earns country hits when Debby Boone covers "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" and Ernest Tubb records "Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool"
    Nov 12, 1936
    Songwriter Mort Shuman is born in New York City. He writes several Elvis Presley hits, Dwight Yoakam's "Little Sister" and "Save The Last Dance For Me," which becomes a country hit three different times--for Buck Owens, for Emmylou Harris and for Dolly Parton
    Apr 7, 1937
    R&B singer Charlie Thomas is born in New York. In the 1950s, he joins The Drifters, singing on "Save The Last Dance For Me." The song is resurrected three different times as a country hit--by Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton
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