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Mar 23, 1908
Author Louis L'Amour is born in Jamestown, North Dakota. His Western fiction gets him referenced in the words of Ed Bruce's 1980 country hit "The Last Cowboy Song"
Apr 1, 1908
Bob Nolan, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in New Brunswick, Canada. The Sons build a career on western harmony and cowboy songs, particularly "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
Jun 4, 1908
Ruby Owens is born in Decatur, Texas. Known by the stage name Texas Ruby, she marries Curly Fox in 1939, turning the couple into one of country music's most popular duos in the 1940s
Jul 1, 1908
Alvino Rey, the King of the Swing Guitar, is born in Oakland, California. One of pop music's first electric guitarists, he plays in the house band for Gene Autry's radio show during the '50s and backs Elvis Presley on "Can't Help Falling In Love"
Jul 8, 1908
Jazz and blues musician Louis Jordan is born in Brinkley, Arkansas. He lands three songs on the Billboard country chart when the magazine establishes the list in 1944
Jul 10, 1908
Paul Howard is born in Midland, Arkansas. A member of the Grand Ole Opry during the 1940s, he lays claim to be the first musician to plug in a guitar on the venerable show. He also writes the Wesley Tuttle hit "With Tears In My Eyes"
Jul 13, 1908
Tim Spencer, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Webb City, Missouri. Behind "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," The Sons Of The Pioneers become a major western group, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
Jul 24, 1908
Jazz trumpet player Cootie Williams is born in Mobile, Alabama. He makes an appearance on Billboard's folk chart--later to evolve into the country charts--in 1944 with his recording of "Red Blues"
Aug 10, 1908
Piano player and big-band leader Claude Thornhill is born in Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1946, his orchestra records the first hit version of "A Sunday Kind Of Love," which becomes a country hit for Reba McEntire in 1988
Aug 27, 1908
Future president Lyndon Baines Johnson is born in Stonewall, Texas. His years in office--which include a White House performance by Buck Owens--are referenced in The Bellamy Brothers hit "Rebels Without A Clue"
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