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Aug 5, 1924
Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert is born in Thacker, West Virginia. He plays mandolin with The Stanley Brothers' band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, participating in their Grammy Hall of Fame recording "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
Apr 26, 1927
Songwriter Cecil Null is born in War, West Virginia. He writes The Davis Sisters' 1953 hit "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"
May 6, 1931
Fiddler Charlie Cline is born in Baisden, West Virginia. A member of numerous bluegrass bands, he plays with Bill Monroe in the early-1950s, appearing on "Wheel Hoss," "In The Pines" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
May 16, 1931
Songwriter Bill Browning is born in Wayne County, West Virginia. Browning writes Jimmie Skinner's 1959 hit "Dark Hollow"
Jul 1, 1931
George W. Smith is named managing director of radio station WWVA in West Virginia. In the role, he creates "The Wheeling Jamboree," an Opry-style weekly show
Dec 9, 1932
Billy Edd Wheeler is born in Whitesville, West Virginia. He scores a novelty hit in 1964 with "Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back." He also writes "Jackson" for Johnny Cash & June Carter, and "Coward Of The County" for Kenny Rogers
Jan 7, 1933
"Jamboree, U.S.A." debuts over radio station WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia. The live country program is similar in approach to the Grand Ole Opry, developing such performers as Grandpa Jones, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Brad Paisley
Apr 1, 1933
WWVA Radio's "Jamboree" moves to the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, West Virginia. Just three months old, the show runs more than 70 years, influencing the careers of Grandpa Jones, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Brad Paisley
Jun 1, 1935
Hazel Dickens is born in Mercer County, West Virginia. A bluegrass and folk vocal icon, she contributes to the movie "Harlan County, U.S.A." and earns a National Heritage Award in 2008
Nov 29, 1935
Songwriter and guitarist Johnny "Peanuts" Wilson is born in Riverside, West Virginia. After membership in Roy Orbison's Teen Kings, he goes on to write such songs as C.W. McCall's "Roses For Mama," Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Easy As Pie" and Kenny Rogers' "Love The World Away"
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