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    • Jul 2, 1937
    Football running back Alex Hawkins is born in West Virginia. An All-American for the University of South Carolina, he plays for the NFL's Baltimore Colts and is eventually credited as a songwriter on the Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
    Feb 9, 1938
    Guitarist Wayne Moss is born in Charleston, West Virginia. He plays on such hits as Eddy Arnold's "Turn The World Around," Jim Ed Brown's "Pop A Top," Loretta Lynn's "Blue Kentucky Girl" and Bobby Bare's "500 Miles Away From Home"
    Sep 6, 1940
    Guitarist Clyde Moody joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, performing in Bluefield, West Virginia. Moody remains a band member for the next four years, playing mandolin on "Mule Skinner Blues"
    Mar 28, 1941
    Session musician Charlie McCoy is born in Oak Hill, West Virginia. A versatile instrumentalist, he plays on classics by George Jones, Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison and others on his way to 2009 entry in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 30, 1942
    Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have a son, Bobby Wright, delivered in Charleston, West Virginia. He has a minor hit in 1971 with "Here I Go Again" and takes a role in the TV show "McHale's Navy"
    Dec 12, 1942
    "Jamboree U.S.A." airs on Wheeling radio station WWVA. To encourage the conservation of gasoline during World War II, it marks the last time the show plays for a live audience until the war is over
    Jan 29, 1943
    Eugene "Tagg" Lambert is born in Eckman, West Virginia. He becomes a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, appearing on the 1968 recording "Southwestern Blues," which makes its way into the movie "The Right Stuff"
    Feb 17, 1943
    Red Sovine has a son, Roger Sovine, in Eleanor, West Virginia. Roger becomes a significant executive with performing rights organization BMI
    May 9, 1946
    George W. Smith dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at Ohio Valley General Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia. The managing director of WWVA, he created "The Wheeling Jamboree," an Opry-style radio show
    Jul 9, 1946
    Doug Paisley is born in Wheeling, West Virginia. He fathers a son, Brad Paisley
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