The Weekend in Birthdays, January 13 - 15
Jenny Lou Carson, Gong, T.L. Barrett, Clarence Carter, Allen Toussaint, Billie Jo Spears, Cortex, Supermax, Rabbitt, Etienne Daho, LL Cool J, Ivor Cutler & Linda Hirst, Caterina Valente, more
Good morning, townspeople. As always, there are birthdays to celebrate, so let’s get started.
Jenny Lou Carson, the first woman ever to write a #1 country hit, was born this day in 1915. She was better known as a writer for other artists, and I don’t believe she ever recorded that #1 herself, which was Tex Ritter’s performance of her “You Two-Timed Me On…
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