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Aug 28, 1888
Lee "Lasses" White is born in Wills Point, Texas. He joins the Grand Ole Opry as half of the blackface comedy team Lasses & White, moving into movies in 1938
Jan 20, 1896
Nathan Birnbaum is born in New York City. As George Burns, he emerges as one of the major comedy stars of the 20th century. He plays opposite John Denver in the movie "Oh, God!" and earns a country hit in 1980 with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
May 12, 1901
Comedian Whitey Ford is born in DeSoto, Missouri. Nicknamed the Duke of Paducah, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and is subsequently added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986
Aug 23, 1902
Lee Davis Wilds is born in Betton, Texas. He takes the part of Honey in the blackface comedy duo Jamup & Honey, which maintains Grand Ole Opry membership during much of the 1930s and '40s
May 2, 1903
Margaret Umensetter is born in Chattanooga. She becomes known as Sally in the Grand Ole Opry comedy duo Sarie & Sally
Nov 8, 1909
Scotty Wiseman is born in Ingalls, North Carolina. In 1934, he marries Lulu Belle Stamey, with whom he forms one of country music's leading husband-and-wife duos. He also writes "Mountain Dew" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
Aug 22, 1910
Rod Brasfield is born in Smithville, Mississippi. He works as a Grand Ole Opry comedian from 1944-1958 and gives Hank Williams Jr. his nickname, Bocephus
Oct 25, 1912
"Howdeee! I'm just so proud to be here!" Sarah Colley is born in Centerville, Tennessee. Performinig as Minnie Pearl, she spends 50 years on the Grand Ole Opry and becomes a regular on "Hee Haw," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1975
Nov 28, 1912
Musical comic Robert Lunn is born in Franklin, Tennessee. He uses a talking-blues routine to become one of the early stars of the Grand Ole Opry before retiring in 1958
Oct 20, 1913
Banjo-playing comic Louis Marshall Jones is born in Niagara, Kentucky. Under the stage name Grandpa Jones, he amasses 50 years as a Grand Ole Opry member and becomes a longtime cast member on the satirical TV show "Hee Haw"
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