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Sep 25, 1897
Southern author William Faulkner is born in New Albany, Mississippi. He's referenced in Pam Tillis' "Maybe It Was Memphis," Collin Raye's "My Kind Of Girl," Eric Church's "Love Your Love The Most" and Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice"
Oct 14, 1897
Dorsey Dixon is born in Darlington, South Carolina. He writes one of Roy Acuff's biggest songs, "Wreck On The Highway"
Dec 16, 1897
Guitarist Bob Gardner is born in Oliver Springs, Tennessee. He joins Lester McFarland in Mac & Bob, a blind duo that records for Brunswick in the 1920s and reaches its pinnacle the following decade with "The National Barn Dance" in Chicago
Jan 23, 1898
Western actor Randolph Scott is born in Orange County, Virginia. He becomes the subject of The Statler Brothers' single "Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott," earning a Grammy nomination in 1976
Feb 3, 1898
Piano player Lillian Hardin Armstrong is born in Memphis, Tennessee. She appears on one country single during her life, playing alongside her husband, trumpet legend Louis Armstrong, on Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)"
Feb 7, 1898
Singer and banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs is born in West Norton, Virginia. The coal miner puts together a music career on the side, becoming a recording pioneer in 1927 with a series of traditional, rural-built performances
Feb 26, 1898
Sid Harkreader is born in Gladeville, Tennessee. A fiddler and guitarist, he performs alongside Uncle Dave Macon in a career that includes on-again, off-again membership in the Grand Ole Opry
Mar 5, 1898
Bandleader and Columbia executive Ben Selvin is born in Queens, New York. He scores a #1 pop hit in 1927 with Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies." The song is revived in country music by Willie Nelson in 1978
Mar 11, 1898
Creole accordion player Amede Ardoin is born in L'Anse Rougeau, Louisiana. He joins fiddler Dennis McGee to record the Cajun "One Step Des Chameaux," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 greatest singles
Mar 21, 1898
Songwriter Edith Lindeman is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During her years as a reporter for The Richmond Times Dispatch, she co-writes "Little Things Mean A Lot," a pop hit for Kitty Kallen. Margo Smith revives the song as a country hit in 1978
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