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  • Jul 21, 1922
    Pop singer Kay Starr is born in Dougherty, Oklahoma. She builds a prolific recording career in the 1940s and '50s that includes a pair of country duets with Tennessee Ernie Ford, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" and "I'll Never Be Free"
    Jun 28, 1950
    Tennessee Ernie Ford and Kay Starr record "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" and "I'll Never Be Free" at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood
    Jul 24, 1950
    Capitol releases Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford's two-sided duet single, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" and "I'll Never Be Free"
    Dec 31, 1964
    Jimmy Dean sings "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And The Last Thing Ev'ry Night)" on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." His guests include Kay Starr and Homer & Jethro, who lampoon "Home On The Range": "Oh, give me a home/Where the buffalo roam/And I'll show you a house that's not clean"
    Mar 25, 1965
    Eddy Arnold sings "What's He Doing In My World," "The Cattle Call" and "Molly Darling" on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show," from Winter Haven, Florida. Pop vocalist Kay Starr covers "Bonaparte's Retreat" and "Wabash Cannonball," and Dean delivers "White Silver Sands"
    Dec 17, 1965
    Jimmy Dean opens with "Don't Fence Me In" as ABC-TV airs "The Jimmy Dean Show." Dean also covers "Crazy Arms," while guitarist Joe Maphis plays "Turkey In The Straw." Other guests include pop singers Kay Starr and Bobby Rydell, who performs "Cold, Cold Heart"
    Nov 20, 1976
    The syndicated "Music Hall America" features Burl Ives as guest host. Additional music is provided by Bill Anderson, Margo Smith, Bobby Wright and Kay Starr
    Nov 1, 1979
    Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts as PBS shoots a special, "Songs Of A Lusty Land," at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The lineup includes Tom T. Hall, Merle Haggard, Kay Starr and The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Mar 2, 1980
    PBS stations begin airing "Songs Of A Lusty Land," hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford. The two-hour special features Kay Starr, Tom T. Hall, Merle Haggard, Linda Hopkins and The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Oct 21, 1983
    The astronaut movie "The Right Stuff" debuts in theaters. Featured music includes Patti Page's "The Tennessee Waltz," Bob Wills' "Southwestern Waltz" and The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie," plus Margaret Whiting, Kay Starr and Little Richard

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