1923 in Country Music - Births

Births

• January 5 - Sam Phillips, recording executive and Sun Records founder, who was instrumental in fusion of country music and the newly emerging rock and roll music in the 1950s (died 2003).
• May 27 - Redd Stewart, lead vocalist for Pee Wee King's band, co-writer of "The Tennessee Waltz" (died 2003).
• July 9 - Molly O'Day, female singer-banjo player of the 1940s, best known for "The Tramp on the Street." (died 1987).
• August 20 - Jim Reeves, velvet-voiced "Gentleman" singer whose pop-styled songs helped define the Nashville Sound (died 1964).
• September 17 - Hank Williams, singer-songwriter and honky-tonk music pioneer (died 1953).
• December 3 - Hubert Long, music executive (died 1972).