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    • Oct 17, 1955
    Capitol releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons"
    Oct 17, 1953
    The Davis Sisters, including Skeeter Davis, top the Billboard country singles chart for the first of six weeks with "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"
    Oct 17, 1953
    Carl Butler makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
    Oct 17, 1949
    Bass player Jeff "Stick" Davis is born in Washington, Indiana. He joins The Amazing Rhythm Aces, contributing to all three of the group's 1970s hits: "Third Rate Romance," "Amazing Grace (Used To Be Her Favorite Song)" and "The End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
    Oct 17, 1946
    Rhythm guitarist Jim Tucker is born in Los Angeles. As a member of the pop group The Turtles, he appears on the 1967 blockbuster "Happy Together," destined to be remade as a country hit for T.G. Sheppard in 1978
    Oct 17, 1944
    Carol Cole is born in West Medford, Massachusetts, just months after Nat "King" Cole made a couple of unlikely appearances on an early version of Billboard's country charts. The singer subsequently adopts her
    Oct 17, 1941
    Guitarist Jim Seals is born in Sidney, Texas. A cousin of country singer Dan Seals, he's best known as one half of the 1970s pop duo Seals & Crofts. In 1965, he takes part in Buck Owens' recording session for "Before You Go"
    Oct 17, 1941
    Roy Rogers takes the role of a legendary western figure with the debut of the movie "Jesse James At Bay"
    Oct 17, 1941
    Earl Thomas Conley is born in Portsmouth, Ohio. After writing hits for Conway Twitty and Mel Street, he fashions a string of his own tuneful singles in the 1980s, including "Fire & Smoke," "That Was A Close One" and "Your Love's On The Line"
    Oct 17, 1939
    The Frank Capra film "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," starring Jimmy Stewart, debuts in Washington, D.C. The picture provides a foundation for the 1960s TV series of the same name, which co-stars Red Foley
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