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American Songwriter Sep 11

Born 127 Years Ago Today, the Two-Time Louisiana Governor Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1940s

1930s

American Songwriter Sep 10

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Countrypolitan Singer And ‘Hee Haw’ Star Who Scored a String of Top 5 Hits in the 1970s

1930s Tommy Overstreet Pat Boone The Shadows Norman Petty Neil Diamond

American Songwriter Sep 6

Born 87 Years Ago Today in Ohio, the “Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy” Who Embodied Outlaw Country and Penned This Johnny Paycheck Smash

Johnny Paycheck 1930s David Allan Coe Tanya Tucker John Prine Grand Funk Railroad Kid Rock

American Songwriter Sep 3

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Nebraska, the Outlaw Country Music Legend Hardly Anybody Talks About

1930s Tompall Glaser Jessi Colter Willie Nelson Marty Robbins Kris Kristofferson

American Songwriter Sep 1

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the “High Priest of Country Music” Who Held a Record Even George Strait Had to Chase

1930s Conway Twitty Elvis Presley Roy Orbison Loretta Lynn Harlan Howard

American Songwriter Aug 21

Born 88 Years Ago Today in a Houston Housing Project, the Legendary Crossover Star, Actor, and Dolly Parton’s Duet Partner

Dolly Parton 1930s Kenny Rogers Dottie West Lionel Richie

American Songwriter Aug 21

Born 87 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Guitarist Keith Richards Once Declared the “Master of the Telecaster”

Keith Richards 1930s James Burton Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis Dale Hawkins

American Songwriter Aug 18

Born 88 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Hall of Fame Hitmaker Behind Garth Brooks’ Best Work and This Crystal Gayle Classic

Garth Brooks 1930s Allen Reynolds Don Williams Kathy Mattea Emmylou Harris Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 16

Born 87 Years Ago Today to a Single Mom in Texas, the Hard-Living Outlaw Poet Willie Nelson Once Called the “Greatest Living Songwriter”

Willie Nelson 1930s Billy Joe Shaver Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Elvis Presley Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 8

Born 94 Years Ago Today in Florida, Country Music’s Stuttering Storyteller and Father of a 90s Country Hitmaker

Grand Ole Opry 1930s Mel Tillis Pam Tillis Ray Price Brenda Lee

American Songwriter Aug 5

Born 92 Years Ago in Alabama, the Honky Tonk Hero Who Shared the Stage With the Byrds and Recorded With Emmylou Harris

The Byrds Emmylou Harris Vern Gosdin 1930s Chris Hillman George Strait Randy Travis

American Songwriter Aug 2

Born 91 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the Multi-Generational Songwriting Talent Who Penned Some of Country Music’s Most Timeless Hits

1930s Hank Cochran Patsy Cline George Strait Jeannie Seely Eddie Cochran

American Songwriter Jul 31

Born 98 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Youngest Member of This Country Music Hall of Fame Sibling Trio

1930s Bonnie Brown The Browns Grand Ole Opry

American Songwriter Jul 28

Born 88 Years Ago Today in Pennsylvania, the Grammy-Nominated A-Team Fiddler Who Recorded With Virtually Every Major Country Star Across Three Decades

Ray Price 1930s Buddy Spicher Reba McEntire Loretta Lynn Johnny Paycheck

American Songwriter Jul 26

Born 95 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the Legendary Music Row Mogul Who Made Stars of Kris Kristofferson, Roy Orbison, and Dolly Parton

Roy Orbison Kris Kristofferson Dolly Parton 1930s Fred Foster Jimmy Dean Elvis Presley George Hamilton IV Willie Nelson

American Songwriter Jul 19

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Tulsa, the “Voice of Oklahoma” Who Helped Shape Country Radio for Decades

1930s Billy Parker Red Foley Ernest Tubb

American Songwriter Jul 19

Born 89 Years Ago Today in the Tar Heel State, the Teen Rockabilly Idol Turned “International Ambassador of Country Music”

Rockabilly 1930s George Hamilton IV Jimmie Rodgers Tex Ritter Gene Autry Eddie Cochran

American Songwriter Jul 16

On This Day in 1930, Jimmie Rodgers Recorded a “Blue Yodel” With an Uncredited Jazz Icon Who Revisited It With Johnny Cash Decades Later

Jimmie Rodgers Johnny Cash 1930s Louis Armstrong

American Songwriter Jul 15

Born in Quebec 93 Years Ago Today, the Country Singing Lumberjack Who Rose to Fame Alongside Elvis Presley and Wrote Songs for Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb

Elvis Presley Patsy Cline Ernest Tubb 1930s Hank Williams Hank Snow Jim Reeves

American Songwriter Jul 7

Born 96 Years Ago in Arkansas, One-Half of the Pioneering Country Sibling Duo That Passed on Elvis Presley’s Signature Hit

Elvis Presley 1930s Loretta Lynn Patty Loveless The Osborne Brothers Roy Acuff

American Songwriter Sep 11

Born 127 Years Ago Today, the Two-Time Louisiana Governor Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1940s

1930s

American Songwriter Sep 6

Born 87 Years Ago Today in Ohio, the “Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy” Who Embodied Outlaw Country and Penned This Johnny Paycheck Smash

Johnny Paycheck 1930s David Allan Coe Tanya Tucker John Prine Grand Funk Railroad Kid Rock

American Songwriter Sep 1

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the “High Priest of Country Music” Who Held a Record Even George Strait Had to Chase

1930s Conway Twitty Elvis Presley Roy Orbison Loretta Lynn Harlan Howard

American Songwriter Aug 21

Born 87 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Guitarist Keith Richards Once Declared the “Master of the Telecaster”

Keith Richards 1930s James Burton Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis Dale Hawkins

American Songwriter Aug 16

Born 87 Years Ago Today to a Single Mom in Texas, the Hard-Living Outlaw Poet Willie Nelson Once Called the “Greatest Living Songwriter”

Willie Nelson 1930s Billy Joe Shaver Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Elvis Presley Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 5

Born 92 Years Ago in Alabama, the Honky Tonk Hero Who Shared the Stage With the Byrds and Recorded With Emmylou Harris

The Byrds Emmylou Harris Vern Gosdin 1930s Chris Hillman George Strait Randy Travis

American Songwriter Jul 31

Born 98 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Youngest Member of This Country Music Hall of Fame Sibling Trio

1930s Bonnie Brown The Browns Grand Ole Opry

American Songwriter Jul 26

Born 95 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the Legendary Music Row Mogul Who Made Stars of Kris Kristofferson, Roy Orbison, and Dolly Parton

Roy Orbison Kris Kristofferson Dolly Parton 1930s Fred Foster Jimmy Dean Elvis Presley George Hamilton IV Willie Nelson

American Songwriter Jul 19

Born 89 Years Ago Today in the Tar Heel State, the Teen Rockabilly Idol Turned “International Ambassador of Country Music”

Rockabilly 1930s George Hamilton IV Jimmie Rodgers Tex Ritter Gene Autry Eddie Cochran

American Songwriter Jul 15

Born in Quebec 93 Years Ago Today, the Country Singing Lumberjack Who Rose to Fame Alongside Elvis Presley and Wrote Songs for Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb

Elvis Presley Patsy Cline Ernest Tubb 1930s Hank Williams Hank Snow Jim Reeves

American Songwriter Sep 10

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Countrypolitan Singer And ‘Hee Haw’ Star Who Scored a String of Top 5 Hits in the 1970s

1930s Tommy Overstreet Pat Boone The Shadows Norman Petty Neil Diamond

American Songwriter Sep 3

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Nebraska, the Outlaw Country Music Legend Hardly Anybody Talks About

1930s Tompall Glaser Jessi Colter Willie Nelson Marty Robbins Kris Kristofferson

American Songwriter Aug 21

Born 88 Years Ago Today in a Houston Housing Project, the Legendary Crossover Star, Actor, and Dolly Parton’s Duet Partner

Dolly Parton 1930s Kenny Rogers Dottie West Lionel Richie

American Songwriter Aug 18

Born 88 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Hall of Fame Hitmaker Behind Garth Brooks’ Best Work and This Crystal Gayle Classic

Garth Brooks 1930s Allen Reynolds Don Williams Kathy Mattea Emmylou Harris Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 8

Born 94 Years Ago Today in Florida, Country Music’s Stuttering Storyteller and Father of a 90s Country Hitmaker

Grand Ole Opry 1930s Mel Tillis Pam Tillis Ray Price Brenda Lee

American Songwriter Aug 2

Born 91 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the Multi-Generational Songwriting Talent Who Penned Some of Country Music’s Most Timeless Hits

1930s Hank Cochran Patsy Cline George Strait Jeannie Seely Eddie Cochran

American Songwriter Jul 28

Born 88 Years Ago Today in Pennsylvania, the Grammy-Nominated A-Team Fiddler Who Recorded With Virtually Every Major Country Star Across Three Decades

Ray Price 1930s Buddy Spicher Reba McEntire Loretta Lynn Johnny Paycheck

American Songwriter Jul 19

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Tulsa, the “Voice of Oklahoma” Who Helped Shape Country Radio for Decades

1930s Billy Parker Red Foley Ernest Tubb

American Songwriter Jul 16

On This Day in 1930, Jimmie Rodgers Recorded a “Blue Yodel” With an Uncredited Jazz Icon Who Revisited It With Johnny Cash Decades Later

Jimmie Rodgers Johnny Cash 1930s Louis Armstrong

American Songwriter Jul 7

Born 96 Years Ago in Arkansas, One-Half of the Pioneering Country Sibling Duo That Passed on Elvis Presley’s Signature Hit

Elvis Presley 1930s Loretta Lynn Patty Loveless The Osborne Brothers Roy Acuff

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