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Jul 9, 1907
Eddie Dean is born in Posey, Texas. The singing cowboy is a pioneering western film star. He also writes Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" and Tex Ritter's "I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven"
Jul 23, 1907
Songwriter Will Hays dies in Louisville, Kentucky, four days after his 70th birthday. Some four decades later, Eddy Arnold earns a country hit with "Molly Darling," a title Hays authored in the 1870s
Aug 21, 1907
Songwriter Hy Zaret is born in Manhattan, New York. He writes "Unchained Melody," a pop hit for Al Hibbler and The Righteous Brothers, among others. It also finds success in country music in the hands of Elvis Presley and LeAnn Rimes
Nov 4, 1907
Songwriter Bennie Benjamin is born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He writes Charlie Rich's "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore"; plus "I'll Never Be Free," a hit for Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie and for Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius
Nov 24, 1907
Songwriter Steve Nelson is born in New York. He pens Red Foley's "Hang Your Head In Shame," Eddy Arnold's "Bouquet Of Roses" and Gene Autry's "Frosty The Snowman," joining the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973
Feb 14, 1908
Harmonica player Lonnie Glosson is born in Judsonia, Arkansas. He works with Molly O'Day and Wayne Raney, with whom he co-writes the 1949 hit "Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me"
Apr 1, 1908
Bob Nolan, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in New Brunswick, Canada. The Sons build a career on western harmony and cowboy songs, particularly "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
Jul 10, 1908
Paul Howard is born in Midland, Arkansas. A member of the Grand Ole Opry during the 1940s, he lays claim to be the first musician to plug in a guitar on the venerable show. He also writes the Wesley Tuttle hit "With Tears In My Eyes"
Sep 14, 1908
Fiddler Billy Hughes is born in Salisaw, Oklahoma. He plays on Jack Guthrie's 1945 recording of "Oklahoma Hills"
Oct 3, 1908
Lyricist Johnny Burke is born in Antioch, California. Known for such standards as "Pennies From Heaven" and "Swing On A Star," he also pens the words to Erroll Garner's "Misty," which becomes a country hit for Ray Stevens in 1975
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