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Mar 2, 1884
Otto Gray is born in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His group, the Oklahoma Cowboys, helps establish the singing cowboy in the mid-1920s and graduates both Zeke Clements and Whitey Ford
Mar 16, 1884
Pop songwriter Joe Burke is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The author of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" and "Rambling Rose," he also writes the 1925 hit "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," a 1979 country hit for Deborah Allen and the late Jim Reeves
Mar 18, 1885
Songwriter Ed Nelson is born in Flushing, New York. The father of songwriters Steve Nelson and Ed Nelson Jr., the senior Nelson pens Red Foley's "Hang Your Head In Shame" and Hank Williams' "Settin' The Woods On Fire"
Jun 6, 1885
Gid Tanner is born in Thomas Bridge, Georgia. The fiddler leads The Skillet Lickers, a 1920s string band that ranks among the pioneer recording acts in country music
Oct 25, 1885
Lyricist Sam Lewis is born in New York City. The author of "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)," he also pens the Jimmie Rodgers hit "In The Hills Of Tennessee"
Nov 26, 1885
The reverend Andy Jenkins is born in Jenkinsburg, Georgia. A member of The Jenkins Family, one of the first country acts to perform on the radio, he also writes Jimmie Rodgers' single "Ben Dewberry's Final Run"
Dec 31, 1885
Pop songwriter Edgar Leslie is born in Stamford, Connecticut. Noted for such titles as "Moon Over Miami" and "For Me And My Gal," he also authors "Among My Souvenirs," retooled for the country charts by Marty Robbins in 1976
Aug 31, 1886
Pop songwriter L. Wolfe Gilbert is born in Odessa, Russia. He pens Gene Austin's 1928 hit "Ramona," reworked for the country audience by Billy Walker in 1968
Aug 31, 1886
Songwriter George Cobb is born in Mexico, New York. He writes Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee" and The Blue Sky Boys' "Are You From Dixie?"
Feb 21, 1887
Smith Hammett is born in Gaffney, South Carolina. The banjo player is a mentor to Earl Scruggs, teaching him the revolutionary three-finger style
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