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    • 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"
    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 6, 1888
    Songwriter Haven Gillespie is born in Covington, Kentucky. In addition to the holiday standard "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town," he writes The Hoosier Hot Shots' "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" and the western-swing classic "Right Or Wrong"
    Feb 15, 1888
    Songwriter Lawrence Wright is born in Leicester, England. Using the name Horatio Nicholls, he pens hundreds of songs, including "Among My Souvenirs," a 1976 country hit for Marty Robbins
    May 11, 1888
    Pop songwriter Irving Berlin is born in Temun, Russia. He earns country hits when Willie Nelson records his song "Blue Skies" and Ernest Tubb covers "White Christmas." Among Berlin's Broadway successes is "Annie, Get Your Gun"
    Dec 15, 1888
    Playwright Maxwell Anderson is born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania. He co-writes "September Song," which becomes a hit for Willie Nelson in 1979



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