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Feb 7, 1921Wilma Lee Leary is born in Valley Head, West Virginia. Along with husband Stoney Cooper, she becomes a Grand Ole Opry member, and they score four Top 10 hits from 1958-1961Jun 9, 1941Stoney Cooper and Wilma Lee Leary marryMar 21, 1942Carol Lee Cooper is born, the only daughter of singers Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. She leads the Grand Ole Opry's background vocal group, The Carol Lee Singers, beginning in 1975Jan 12, 1957Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper join the Grand Ole OpryMar 23, 1957Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper finish a 10-year run on "The Wheeling Jamboree" in West Virginia, in preparation to move to Nashville, where they've already joined the Grand Ole OpryMar 18, 1958Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper record "Big Midnight Special"Aug 28, 1959Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper record "There's A Big Wheel"Mar 3, 1963Patsy Cline gives what proves to be her final show, a benefit for the widow of deejay "Cactus Jack" Call, at the Memorial Building in Kansas City, Kansas. Also appearing: Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, Dottie West, Billy Walker, George Jones and Wilma Lee and Stoney CooperNov 2, 1963"Country Music On Broadway" premieres in Nashville. The movie features Whitey Ford, Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Drusky, Audrey Williams, Ralph Emery, The Anita Kerr Singers, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Merle Kilgore and The Wilburn Brothers, among othersFeb 4, 1966Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper begin a run of 34 dates in Germany, performing for U.S. soldiers with guitarist Joe Edwards and songwriter L.E. White
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