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    • Dec 31, 1893
    Bass player Pat Brady is born in Toledo, Ohio. In 1937, he replaces Roy Rogers as a member of the western harmony act The Sons Of The Pioneers. Brady is not part of the lineup that enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
    Dec 6, 1903
    Fiddler Hugh Farr is born in Llano, Texas. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers, a western harmony act that enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 on the strength of the classics "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water"
    Sep 26, 1907
    Bass player and actor George "Shug" Fisher is born near Chickasha, Oklahoma. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers during World War II, though he is not a member of the lineup that eventually enters the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Apr 1, 1908
    Bob Nolan, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in New Brunswick, Canada. The Sons build a career on western harmony and cowboy songs, particularly "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
    Jul 13, 1908
    Tim Spencer, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Webb City, Missouri. Behind "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," The Sons Of The Pioneers become a major western group, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
    Apr 29, 1909
    Karl Farr, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Rochelle, Texas. The group is acclaimed for its western harmonies on the classics "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
    Nov 5, 1911
    Leonard Slye is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. As Roy Rogers, he becomes a silver-screen cowboy, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame as a solo star and as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Nov 14, 1914
    Ken Carson is born in Centrahoma, Oklahoma. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers from 1942-1947, when group members Lloyd Perryman and Pat Brady are called into duty for World War II
    Jul 2, 1916
    Actor Curtis Wayne Gates is born in Lamar, Colorado. Under the name Ken Curtis, he joins The Sons Of The Pioneers from 1949-1953, then goes on to portray Festus in TV's "Gunsmoke" and Monk in "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    Jan 29, 1917
    Lloyd Perryman, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Ruth, Arkansas. The western harmony group, known for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water," joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
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