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Apr 25, 1945
Stu Cook is born in Oakland, California. Cook plays bass in the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, and later plays with country's Southern Pacific, who mix smooth harmonies with brisk backbeats in "The Perfect Stranger" and "New Shade Of Blue"
Apr 25, 1944
Ray Whitley plays a cowboy in the comedy "Hollywood And Vine"
Apr 25, 1940
O.B. McClinton is born in Senatobia, Mississippi. The self-billed "Chocolate Cowboy" charts often in the 1970s and '80s. His "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Apr 25, 1940
Ted Daffan's Texans record "Worried Mind," "I'm A Fool To Care" and "Blue Steel Blues" at the Burrus Mill Studios in Saginaw, Texas
Apr 25, 1936
The Chuck Wagon Gang holds its first recording session for Vocalion Records, overseen by Art Satherley
Apr 25, 1933
Songwriter Jerry Leiber is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Best known for the rock and rhythm & blues songs he writes with partner Mike Stoller, Leiber also hits the country chart as a writer with such titles as "Jailhouse Rock," "Don't," "Hound Dog," "Stand By Me" and "Ruby Baby"
Apr 25, 1930
The Beverly Hill Billies make their first recordings for Brunswick Records. In 1963, they successfully sue producers of "The Beverly Hillbillies" for copyright infringement
Apr 25, 1929
The Kerrville Mountain Sun in Texas proclaims that Jimmie Rodgers is set to build a home in the city. The house is expected to cost $20,000
Apr 25, 1928
Fiddler Vassar Clements is born in Kinard, South Carolina. He gains five Grammy nominations while playing everything from bluegrass to jazz, including an appearance on The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's classic "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
Apr 25, 1925
Bass vocalist Prentiss Barnes is born in Magnolia, Mississippi. As a member of The Moonglows, he appears on the 1955 R&B hit "Sincerely," recast as a country piece in 1988 by The Forester Sisters
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