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    • Jan 14, 1939
    Comedy duo Sarie & Sally and the trio The Dixieliners, including Sam and Kirk McGee, perform on the Grand Ole Opry for the last time at the Dixie Tabernacle on Fatherland Drive in Nashville
    Jan 24, 1939
    Ray Stevens is born in Clarkdale, Georgia. Though capable of serious recordings such as "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty," he earns a reputation for his comedy efforts, including "The Streak," "Ahab, The Arab" and "Shriner's Convention." He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019
    Apr 1, 1939
    Banjo player and comedienne Rachel Veach joins Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Nov 30, 1940
    Minnie Pearl makes her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville
    Mar 29, 1941
    The Grand Ole Opry comedy duo Sarie & Sally gives its last formal performance, forced to stop by the sagging health of Margaret "Sally" Waters
    Nov 2, 1941
    The Selective Service drafts Kenneth Charles Burns--Jethro, of Homer & Jethro--for the Army during World War II
    Jun 17, 1944
    Comedian Rod Brasfield makes his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium the same day The Poe Sisters become members
    Jul 15, 1944
    Comedian Rod Brasfield becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 30, 1945
    Bass player Richard Bowden is born in Linden, Texas. After working with Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt and Dan Fogelberg, he joins Sandy Pinkard to form Pinkard & Bowden, an irreverent comedy duo that parodies country hits
    Jan 16, 1947
    Sandy Pinkard is born in Abbeville, Louisiana. He makes a mark in the satirical duo Pinkard & Bowden and writes several country hits: "Blessed Are The Believers," "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" and "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance"



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