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Nov 21, 1923
Hal Smith is born in Fairview, Alabama. A fiddler for Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and others, he marries singer Velma Williams, of The Smoky Mountain Boys. He also joins Ray Price to found Pamper Music, a publishing company that provides a songwriting springboard for Willie Nelson, Harlan Howard and Hank Cochran
Dec 30, 1923
Steel guitarist Joaquin Murphey is born in Los Angeles. He plays on records by a number of West Coast artists, including Merle Travis, Tex Williams, Spade Cooley and The Sons Of The Pioneers
Jan 25, 1924
Steel guitar player Wesley "Speedy" West is born in Springfield, Missouri. He works with Spade Cooley and Hank Penny, records a series of instrumentals with Jimmy Bryant, and produces Loretta Lynn's first single, "Honky Tonk Girl"
Jan 28, 1924
Ramona Riggins is born in Raglesville, Indiana. She will marry Grandpa Jones, performing regularly with him in concert and on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw"
Feb 27, 1924
Tenor sax player Jesse Powell is born in Fort Worth, Texas. He works with Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, and also finds success as a session player. He takes part in Bobby Darin's lone pop/country crossover hit, "Splish Splash"
Apr 16, 1924
Henry Mancini is born in Cleveland, Ohio. A composer, arranger and conductor, he receives enormous attention for his work on such movies as "The Pink Panther" and "Love Story," but also co-writes Charley Pride's country hit "All His Children"
Apr 28, 1924
Drummer Calvin "Eagle Eye" Shields is born in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to blues recordings by Wynonie Harris and Little Willie John, he plays on country hits by Moon Mullican and Hawkshaw Hawkins through his association with King Records
Jun 20, 1924
Chet Atkins is born in Luttrell, Tennessee. The consummate guitarist, he develops a successful career as an instrumentalist, but also runs RCA Records' country division and helps create the Nashville Sound, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973
Jul 1, 1924
Mandolin player Everett Lilly is born in Cedar Creek, West Virginia. He plays on Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered"
Jul 8, 1924
Keyboard player Johnnie Johnson is born in Fairmont, West Virginia. He inspires Chuck Berry to write "Johnny B. Goode," which becomes a country hit for Buck Owens. Johnson plays on Berry's "Maybellene," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
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