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    • Aug 16, 1915
    Charlotte "Rosie" Ledford is born in Powell County, Kentucky. She joins The Coon Creek Girls, the first all-female stringband, and the first country group to perform at the White House
    Dec 1, 1915
    Gabe Tucker is born in Pierce, Kentucky. He plays bass and trumpet during Eddy Arnold's first recording session in 1944, which yields the country hit "Each Minute Seems A Million Years"
    Apr 12, 1916
    Songwriter Ernie Lee is born in Berea, Kentucky. He authors Pee Wee King's 1949 country hit "Tennessee Tears"
    Mar 17, 1917
    Lily Mae Ledford is born in Pilot, Kentucky. She becomes the leader of The Coon Creek Girls, the first all-female stringband, and the first country act to perform at the White House. She also gives birth to Exile's J.P. Pennington
    Jul 7, 1917
    John "Lonzo" Sullivan, of Lonzo & Oscar, is born in Edmonton, Kentucky. Brother of Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan, he becomes the second of three people to play Lonzo in the Grand Ole Opry musical comedy duo from 1950 until his death in 1967
    Nov 29, 1917
    Merle Travis is born in Rosewood, Kentucky. He becomes an influential guitarist, records several late-1940s hits, and writes "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," earning membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Feb 10, 1918
    Gospel singer James Carson is born in Richmond, Kentucky. At age 21, he marries Irene Amburgey, who joins him in a duo under the name Martha Carson
    Jan 19, 1919
    Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan, of Lonzo & Oscar, is born in Edmonton, Kentucky. The comic duo joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1947, a year before gaining a novelty hit with "I'm My Own Grandpa." Sullivan also plays on more than 15 of Eddy Arnold's hits
    Nov 18, 1919
    Mary Johnson is born in Beech Creek, Kentucky. At age 17, she becomes the first wife of future guitar great Merle Travis
    Sep 3, 1920
    Fiddler Cecil "Skeets" Williamson is born in McVeigh, Kentucky. He appears on Molly O'Day's signature song, "Tramp On The Street"
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