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May 13, 1937
Rex Griffin records "The Last Letter" in New York
Sep 24, 1937
Western swing's Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys hold their first recording session, in New York
Sep 26, 1937
Jerry Weintraub is born in Brooklyn, New York. A longtime Elvis Presley associate, he manages John Denver and produces Denver's first movie "Oh, God!" Weintraub also produces George Strait's first picture, "Pure Country"
Oct 17, 1937
Jimmie Davis records "Nobody's Darling But Mine" in New York
Oct 18, 1937
Pop songwriter Cynthia Weil is born in New York City. A 1987 inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she co-writes Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again," Donna Fargo's "Another Goodbye" and Martina McBride's "Wrong Again"
Oct 24, 1937
Broadway composer Cole Porter breaks both legs in a horse-riding accident in Locust Valley on Long Island. He suffers complications for the remainder of his life, which includes a country hit after Gene Autry records "Don't Fence Me In"
Dec 29, 1937
Actress Mary Tyler Moore is born in Brooklyn, New York. She opens a country label, MTM Records, in the mid-1980s, creating a home for Judy Rodman, Holly Dunn, The Girls Next Door and Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet
Dec 30, 1937
Singer/songwriter John Hartford is born in New York. The multi-instrumentalist works primarily in folk and bluegrass throughout his career, though he creates a pop and country standard by writing Glen Campbell's "Gentle On My Mind"
Feb 3, 1938
Cole Porter is admitted to New York's Doctors Hospital, where he has a second round of surgery on his legs, which were crushed in a horse-riding accident four months earlier. Porter's country credits later include Gene Autry's "Don't Fence Me In"
Mar 5, 1938
Singer/songwriter Paul Evans is born in Brooklyn, New York. An artist in his own right, he authors Bobby Vinton's pop hit "Roses Are Red, My Love" and Hank Locklin's country hit, "Followed Closely By My Teardrops"
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