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    • Jul 16, 1953
    More than 20 years after the band's leader started his career in Texas, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys return to the Lone Star State, beginning a regular appearance on KGNC Radio in Amarillo
    Jul 16, 1953
    Singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith is born in Seguin, Texas. Primarily a folk artist, she writes the Kathy Mattea country hit "Love At The Five & Dime" and Suzy Bogguss' single "Outbound Plane"
    Jul 16, 1952
    A day after his release from Bellevue Hospital in New York, Woody Guthrie checks into Kings County Hospital, convinced he needs to combat an alcohol addiction. His real problem, still undiagnosed, is a neurological disease, Huntington's chorea
    Jul 16, 1949
    Keyboard player Bob Wilson is born. He appears with The Earl Scruggs Revue in the 1970s and works as a session musician on records by Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Rusty Kershaw and Tommy Cash
    Jul 16, 1949
    Ronny Robbins is born in Phoenix, Arizona. The son of Marty Robbins, he charts four singles from 1978-1984
    Jul 16, 1945
    Dale Evans portrays a radio star who explores the business of Broadway in the movie debut of "Hitchhike To Happiness"
    Jul 16, 1942
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Let's Ride With Bob" in Hollywood
    Jul 16, 1942
    "Prairie Gunsmoke" opens, with Tex Ritter starring as Tex Terrell
    Jul 16, 1940
    "Carolina Moon" debuts in movie theaters, featuring Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Autry receives musical support from Texas Jim Lewis And His Lone Star Cowboys
    Jul 16, 1939
    R&B singer William Bell is born in Memphis, Tennessee. Best known for 1977's "Tryin' To Love Two," his "You Don't Miss Your Water" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
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