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    • Aug 6, 1922
    Comedian Manuel "Old Joe" Clark is born in Erwin, Tennessee. He spends 50 years with the "Renfro Valley Barn Dance" in Kentucky, and works as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1951
    Jun 27, 1924
    Lloyd George--alias Ken Martin--is born in Haleyville, Alabama. A sideman for Eddy Arnold, he's the first to play "Lonzo" in the Grand Ole Opry comedy act Lonzo & Oscar, best-known for the twisted in-bred bit, "I'm My Own Grandpa"
    Sep 19, 1924
    Comedian Don Harron is born in Toronto, Ontario. He plays DJ Charlie Farquharson on "Hee Haw," handling the role from the show's 1969 inception until 1986
    Nov 11, 1925
    Comedian Jonathan Winters is born in Dayton, Ohio. In 1983, he does a one-season stint as a cast member on TV's syndicated "Hee Haw"
    Aug 10, 1926
    Junior Samples is born in Cumming, Georgia. Dressed in trademark overalls, the heavy-set comedian becomes a fixture on "Hee Haw." The phone number from his satirical used car commercials provides the name of the retro country band BR549
    Sep 28, 1926
    Comedian Jerry Clower is born in Liberty, Mississippi. His southern, small-town tales about the Ledbetter family from Yazoo City, delivered with great exaggeration, gain him membership in the Grand Ole Opry in 1973
    Jan 26, 1931
    Comedian Will Rogers and Jimmie Rodgers begin a tour together in San Antonio at the Memorial Auditorium. The tour covers 50 cities in 18 days, earning more than $225,000 for the American Red Cross
    Jan 30, 1931
    Comic and musician Harold Morrison is born in High Lonesome, Missouri. He opens many of Loretta Lynn's concerts and plays on her hits "Fist City," "Happy Birthday" and "Blue Kentucky Girl." He also participates in hits by Kitty Wells, Porter Wagoner and The Browns
    Dec 1, 1931
    Singer/comedian Jim Nesbitt is born in Bishopville, South Carolina. He earns several novelty hits in the early-1960s, including "Please Mr. Kennedy," with a melody borrowed from "The Ballad Of Davey Crockett"; and his only Top 10 single, "Looking For More In '64"
    Apr 21, 1934
    The blackface comedy duo Lasses & White makes its Grand Ole Opry debut



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