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Jan 11, 1899
Future radio executive George Biggar is born in Brookings County, South Dakota. He will become the director of "The National Barn Dance" on WLS in Chicago
May 9, 1899
Harry "Big Slim" McAulife is born in Bluefield, West Virginia. He writes the bluegrass standard "Sunny Side Of The Mountain"
Jul 14, 1899
Songwriter Billy Hill is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He writes Jimmie Rodgers' "Prairie Lullaby" and Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline's "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)"
Jul 21, 1899
Sara Carter is born in Flat Woods, Virginia. With husband A.P. Carter and cousin Maybelle Carter, she founds The Carter Family, which becomes one of country music's early success stories behind such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
Jul 21, 1899
Author Ernest Hemingway is born in Oak Park, Illinois. A Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1954, he's referenced in Brad Paisley's 2005 hit "Alcohol" and Keith Urban's 2015 single "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
Jul 26, 1899
Film executive Nat Levine is born in New York City. He produces many of Gene Autry's biggest pictures
Aug 4, 1899
Frank Luther is born in Lakin, Kansas. An early country recording artist, he makes a number of singles in the 1920s and '30s with Carson Robison
Sep 6, 1899
Songwriter Billy Rose is born in New York City. His compositions include "Barney Google," "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight" and "Without A Song," a 1984 country hit for Willie Nelson
Sep 11, 1899
Jimmie Davis is born in Beech Springs, Louisiana. The two-time governor of the Bayou State is best known for writing "You Are My Sunshine," which helps him gain entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1972
Nov 4, 1899
Kirk McGee is born in Tennessee's Williamson County. Teaming with older sibling Sam McGee, the McGee Brothers play guitar behind Uncle Dave Macon and become regulars on the Grand Ole Opry from the mid-1920s until Sam's death in 1975
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