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    • Oct 7, 1900
    Pop songwriter Ralph Rainger is born in New York City. Known for writing the Bob Hope theme song "Thanks For The Memory," he also writes "Blue Hawaii," recorded by Willie Nelson for the "Honeymoon In Vegas" soundtrack
    Dec 13, 1901
    Pioneering record producer Eli Oberstein is born in New York City. He oversees sessions for The Delmore Brothers, The Blue Sky Boys, Ernest Tubb, The Monroe Brothers and The Hackberry Ramblers
    Dec 19, 1901
    Oliver La Farge is born in New York City. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, he fathers Peter La Farge, who writes the 1964 Johnny Cash hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Apr 26, 1902
    Actor and lyricist Edward Eliscu is born in New York City. In 1929, he comes up with the score to the Broadway production "Great Day!" It includes "Without A Song," a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1984
    Jun 17, 1902
    Songwriter Sammy Fain is born in New York. Known for "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella On A Rainy (Rainy) Day" and "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing," his "Secret Love" becomes a not-so-secret country hit twice--for Slim Whitman in 1954 and for Freddy Fender in 1975
    Jun 28, 1902
    Broadway songwriter Richard Rodgers is born in New York City. Noted for his work on "South Pacific," "Oklahoma!" and "The King And I," he also writes "Blue Moon," which The Mavericks launch onto the 1995 soundtrack of "Apollo 13"
    Sep 28, 1902
    Ed Sullivan is born in New York, New York. His self-named TV show becomes an important medium of exposure for such acts as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sonny James, Johnny Horton, The Everly Brothers and Jim Reeves
    Mar 22, 1903
    Ellin Mackay is born in Brooklyn, New York. At age 22, she weds songwriter Irving Berlin, who writes "Blue Skies" during the first year of their marriage. The song becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1978
    May 21, 1904
    Songwriter and pianist Thomas "Fats" Waller is born in New York City. He writes numerous Broadway show tunes, including "Ain't Misbehavin'," penned while in jail for non-payment of alimony. It becomes a country hit for Hank Williams Jr.
    Jul 16, 1904
    Songwriter Mabel Wayne is born in Brooklyn, New York. She co-writes Gene Austin's 1928 pop hit, "Ramona," which Billy Walker remakes as a country hit 40 years later
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