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    • Jul 18, 1955
    Capitol releases Hank Thompson's "Most Of All"
    Jul 18, 1954
    Ricky Skaggs is born in Cordell, Kentucky. Centered in bluegrass, he leads a swing toward traditional country in the early-1980s, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1982 and taking the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
    Jul 18, 1954
    Guitarist/vocalist Mark Jones is born in Harlan, Kentucky. In 1989, he joins Exile, contributing to the group's latter-day hits "Nobody's Talking" and "Yet"
    Jul 18, 1953
    Webb Pierce kicks off a five-week run at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "It's Been So Long"
    Jul 18, 1952
    Bill Monroe records "In The Pines" in an afternoon at Nashville's Castle Studios in the Tulane Hotel. The performance is ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in history in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 18, 1952
    MGM releases Hank Williams' "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"
    Jul 18, 1950
    Carl Smith records "I Overlooked An Orchid" at the Castle Recording Studio in Nashville. It later becomes a hit for Mickey Gilley
    Jul 18, 1949
    Decca Records releases Ernest Tubb's double-sided hit, "Slipping Around" backed with "My Tennessee Baby"
    Jul 18, 1947
    Jerry Lee Lewis' younger sister, Linda Gail Lewis, is born in Ferriday, Louisiana. She joins her brother on the 1969 remake of "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
    Jul 18, 1946
    "Where the dears and the cowpunchers play..." That tag promotes "Cowboy Blues," which opens in theaters with Ken Curtis in the lead role. The Hoosier Hot Shots, Carolina Cotton and Deuce Spriggins & The Plainsmen sneak in some tunes
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