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    • Aug 12, 1943
    The Roy Rogers movie "Silver Spurs" debuts with a cast that includes Smiley Burnette and The Sons Of The Pioneers, who perform "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
    Aug 12, 1941
    Johnny Bond holds his first recording session, at the CBS Studios in Hollywood, at the corner of Sunset and Gower
    Aug 12, 1939
    Actor George Hamilton is born in Memphis, Tennessee. Known for his deep tan, he's oddly picked to portray pasty Hank Williams in the 1963 movie "Your Cheatin' Heart"
    Aug 12, 1938
    Ray Whitley has a supporting role as the western mining picture "Painted Desert" debuts in theaters
    Aug 12, 1938
    Songwriter Paul Craft is born in Memphis. His credits include: T. Graham Brown's "Come As You Were," Moe Bandy's "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life" and Bobby Bare's "Dropkick Me Jesus (Through The Goal Posts Of Life)"
    Aug 12, 1934
    Playwright Maxwell Anderson and his second wife, Mab, have a daughter, Hesper Anderson, in New York. He goes on to write "September Song," a pop standard that becomes a country hit in the hands of Willie Nelson
    Aug 12, 1933
    Duane Dickens is born in Foreman, Arkansas. One of his son's will become a country singer: Tracy Lawrence
    Aug 12, 1932
    Victor releases Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 10" and "Mississippi Moon"
    Aug 12, 1929
    Buck Owens is born in Sherman, Texas. Raised in California, he adds a rock 'n' roll spirit to country music, becoming a major part of the Bakersfield Sound. He co-hosts "Hee Haw" for more than 15 years on his way into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Aug 12, 1927
    Porter Wagoner is born in Howell County, Missouri. Known for his rhinestone suits, he develops a long-running syndicated TV show in which he introduces Dolly Parton as a duet partner. A member of the Grand Ole Opry beginning in 1957, he joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002
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