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Feb 20, 1921
Mervin Shiner is born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He earns Top 10 hits with a pair of singles, 1949's "Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me" and 1950's "Peter Cottontail"
Jul 15, 1921
Pop musician and songwriter Erroll Garner is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for writing "Misty," a classic that becomes a 1959 hit for Johnny Mathis and a 1975 country hit for Ray Stevens
Dec 15, 1922
Pioneering disc jockey Alan Freed is born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Destined for membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he is credited as a co-writer on The McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely," covered for country in the 1980s by The Forester Sisters
May 25, 1923
Pop singer Kitty Kallen is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After working with the big bands of Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James, she becomes a solo singer. Her "Little Things Mean A Lot" is remade in 1978 for country by Margo Smith
Oct 11, 1923
Piano player Shorty Long is born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He nabs one country hit, a 1948 recording of "Sweeter Than The Flowers"
Jun 27, 1924
Julie Bedra is born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. Nicknamed the Queen of the Yodelers, she becomes one of country music's first female stars, with the stage name Rosalie Allen, earning several hits in the post-War era
Jul 31, 1925
Joseph Sloan Bonsall is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His son, Joe Bonsall, will become a member of The Oak Ridge Boys
Oct 16, 1925
Guitarist Bob McNett is born in Roaring Branch, Pennsylvania. He plays with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys from 1945-1950
Oct 13, 1926
Jazz bass player Ray Brown is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He goes on to marry Ella Fitzgerald several years after she makes a surprise appearance on an early version of Billboard's country chart
Jul 9, 1927
Trombone player Lew McCreary is born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. In addition to work with Henry Mancini, The Monkees and Steely Dan, he also plays on a string of Glen Campbell hits, including "Galveston," "True Grit" and "Honey Come Back"
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