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    • Oct 30, 1906
    Vocalist Leon Huff is born in Whitesboro, Texas. Performing with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1942, he contributes to such recordings as "Home In San Antone," "Let's Ride With Bob" and "You're From Texas"
    Jan 29, 1908
    Piano player Al Stricklin is born in Antioch, Texas. A member of the Texas Playboys from 1935-1941, he appears on such Bob Wills standards as "Right Or Wrong," "Cherokee Maiden," "Take Me Back To Tulsa" and "San Antonio Rose"
    Feb 8, 1908
    Bob Dunn, the steel player for Milton Brown's Brownies, is born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. In January 1935, he becomes the first musician to play an electric instrument on a country recording session
    Sep 14, 1908
    Western swing guitarist Harley Huggins is born in Arkansas. He plays on Johnnie Lee Wills' classic "Milk Cow Blues," plus Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' 1945 hit "White Cross On Okinawa"
    May 11, 1909
    Banjo player Ocie Stockard is born in Crafton, Texas. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1945, performing over the ensuing seven years on such hits as "Keeper Of My Heart," "Bubbles In My Beer" and "Texarkana Baby"
    Aug 1, 1909
    Guitarist Leon Chappelear is born in Tyler, Texas. He plays guitar on Jimmie Davis' 1940 classic "You Are My Sunshine"
    Oct 15, 1909
    Texas Jim Lewis is born in Meigs, Georgia. Making several appearances in western movies, he earns a hit in 1944 with "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry." His supporting band goes on to back Spade Cooley
    Sep 29, 1910
    Bill Boyd is born in Fannin County, Texas. He forms the Cowboy Ramblers, one of the pre-eminent early western swing bands, in Dallas, Texas, during the early-1930s
    Dec 17, 1910
    Singer/songwriter Spade Cooley is born in Grand, Oklahoma. A fiddler and bandleader, he brings the phrase "western swing" into widespread use, building such 1940s hits as "Shame On You" and "Detour"
    Jan 11, 1911
    Tommy Duncan is born in Hillsboro, Texas. As a vocalist for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys from 1935-1947, he sings on their signature song, "San Antonio Rose," and writes "Stay A Little Longer" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa"



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