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Dec 28, 1915
Roebuck "Pops" Staples is born in Winona, Mississippi, eventually forming The Staple Singers with his son and three daughters. The soul group's "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" is remade as a country hit by The Oak Ridge Boys
Apr 10, 1916
Vernon Presley is born in Fulton, Mississippi. He becomes the father of Elvis Presley
May 1, 1917
Jimmie Rodgers marries his first wife, Stella Kelley, in Lexington, Mississippi, less than four months after meeting her
Aug 22, 1917
Blues musician John Lee Hooker is born in Coahoma County, Mississippi. His song "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" will be mentioned in the lyrics of Eric Church's 2016 country hit "Record Year"
Feb 16, 1918
Stella Rodgers gives birth to Kathryn at the Heflin Hotel in Ackerman, Mississippi. The child is the daughter of future country star Jimmie Rodgers, from whom Stella has already separated
Aug 4, 1919
James Blackwood is born in Ackerman, Mississippi. He's one of the original members of gospel's Blackwood Brothers, whose "His Hand In Mine" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Nov 25, 1919
James Buffett Jr. is born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Among his offspring: pop and country singer Jimmy Buffett
Apr 7, 1920
Jimmie Rodgers marries Carrie Williamson in Meridian, Mississippi
Apr 18, 1920
Guitarist and vocalist Pete Pyle is born near Burnsville, Mississippi. He joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1941-1942 and again briefly in '53, appearing on Monroe's recording of "Orange Blossom Special"
Jan 30, 1921
Jimmie Rodgers and his wife, Carrie Rodgers, welcome a daughter, Carrie Anita Rodgers, in Meridian, Mississippi
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