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    • Dec 22, 1947
    Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys headline a benefit at the Lyric Theater in Knoxville, raising $704 for the Empty Stocking Fund
    Dec 22, 1947
    Columbia releases Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys' "The Waltz Of The Wind"
    Dec 22, 1946
    Curley and Billie Gatlin are married. The couple's sons form a country act, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
    Dec 22, 1939
    Tony Scotti is born in Newark, New Jersey. With Ben Scotti, he forms Scotti Brothers Records, where he produces the first hits by John Schneider
    Dec 22, 1937
    Red Steagall is born in Gainesville, Texas. With a career that darts between western swing and cowboy music, he earns his only hit single with 1976's "Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music." He's also credited with discovering Reba McEntire
    Dec 22, 1933
    Jack Earle is born in Jacksonville, Texas. At age 21, he has a baby boy, Steve Earle
    Dec 22, 1933
    The Bing Crosby movie "Going Hollywood" debuts in theaters. It introduces the song "Temptation," which is successfully remade in 1947 as the country parody "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" by Red Ingle & The Natural Seven
    Dec 22, 1928
    Steel guitarist Don Davis is born in Calvert, Alabama. He performs with Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys and Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours, playing on Tubb's "White Christmas" and "Blue Christmas"
    Dec 22, 1923
    Jimmie Rodgers' second daughter, June Rebecca Rodgers, dies in Meridian, Mississippi, six months after her birth
    Dec 22, 1921
    Hawkshaw Hawkins is born in Huntington, West Virginia. He scores a handful of hits from 1949-1963, including "Slow Poke," "Soldier's Joy" and "Lonesome 7-7203." He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1955
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