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Apr 24, 1916

Texas Playboy guitarist Eldon Shamblin is born in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Handling the arrangements for Bob Wills' band from 1938-1954, he plays on "San Antonio Rose," "Ida Red" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa," among others

Jun 8, 1916

Vocalist and guitarist Adolph Hofner is born in Moulton, Texas. Influenced by Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, he becomes a pioneering figure in the growth of western swing, co-founding The Oklahoma Playboys with Jimmie Revard in 1935

Sep 17, 1916

Mary Helen Hames is born in Pilot Point, Texas. She marries western swing pioneer Milton Brown and, after Brown's death, Bob Wills

Sep 19, 1916

Songwriter Paul Westmoreland is born in Oklahoma. He is best known for writing "Detour," a western-swing hit recorded by four different acts: Spade Cooley, Foy Willing, Wesley Tuttle and Elton Britt

Jan 3, 1917

Leon McAuliffe is born in Houston. He plays steel guitar for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1942, then earns an instrumental hit on his own in 1949 with "Panhandle Rag." His Wills credits include "Right Or Wrong" and "Cherokee Maiden"

Mar 23, 1917

Eugene "Smokey" Rogers is born in McMinnville, Tennessee. He scores a 1949 hit with "A Little Bird Told Me," writes Ferlin Husky's "Gone" and Spade Cooley's "You Can't Break My Heart," and plays on hits by Cooley and Tex Williams

Mar 31, 1917

Fiddler Joe Holley is born in Lone Camp, Texas. A prominent member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he plays on such western-swing classics as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "White Cross On Okinawa"

Sep 13, 1917

Guitarist Wilson "Lefty" Perkins is born in Clarksville, Texas. After a stint with The Light Crust Doughboys, he performs as a member of Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, replacing Bob Dunn after the death of bandleader Milton Brown

Nov 14, 1917

Steel guitarist Noel Boggs is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He becomes a major figure in western swing, recording with Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Merle Travis and The Sons Of The Pioneers, among others

Mar 22, 1918

Songwriter Hoyle Nix is born in Azle, Texas. His chief claim to fame comes as the author of the western-swing classic "Big Ball's In Cowtown"

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