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    • May 12, 1920
    Mandolin player Billie "Tiny" Moore is born in Hamilton County, Texas. He works with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1946-1950 and later performs with Merle Haggard and Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen
    May 16, 1920
    Laura Lee McBride is born in Bridgeport, Oklahoma. She becomes the first female vocalist to perform with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, leaving her stamp on the landmark single "Faded Love"
    Sep 10, 1920
    Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Luke Wills is born in Hall County, Texas. In addition to fronting his own band, he appears on brother Johnnie Wills' "Milk Cow Blues" and several hits by brother Bob Wills, including "Faded Love"
    Sep 26, 1920
    Fiddler/vocalist Tommy Doss is born in Weiser, Idaho. After performing with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1945-1947, he replaces Bob Nolan in the Sons Of The Pioneers in 1949, beginning a longtime membership in the western harmony group
    Dec 17, 1920
    Guitarist Lester Barnard Jr. is born in Coweta, Oklahoma. A member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1945-1947, he plays on "Bob Wills Boogie," "Brain Cloudy Blues" and "White Cross On Okinawa," plus Johnnie Lee Wills' "Milk Cow Blues"
    Feb 20, 1921
    Steel guitarist Les "Carrot Top" Anderson is born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He plays on Bob Wills' "White Cross On Okinawa" and Tex Williams' "That's What I Like About The West," and performs with Wesley Tuttle and Tex Ritter
    Oct 10, 1921
    Vocalist Rusty McDonald is born in Grady County, Oklahoma. He sings lead on Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' western-swing classic "Faded Love"
    Jan 25, 1922
    Guitarist Jimmy Wyble is born in Port Arthur, Texas. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1943-1945, appearing on such hits as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima"
    Jul 23, 1925
    Sax player Glenn Rhees is born in Oilton, Oklahoma. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1960, appearing on the hit "Heart To Heart Talk"
    Feb 26, 1926
    Bob Wills' brother, Billy Jack Wills, is born in Hall County, Texas. He serves as principal vocalist of The Texas Playboys in the late-1940s, and writes the lyrics to the western-swing classic "Faded Love"
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