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    • Mar 9, 1925
    Ralph Sloan is born in Wilson County, Tennessee. He forms a clog-dancing group, The Tennessee Travelers, who join the Grand Ole Opry in 1952. Following his death in 1980, Sloan's brother takes over the act, re-naming it The Melvin Sloan Dancers
    Apr 11, 1925
    Guitarist George Shuffler is born in Burke County, North Carolina. He joins The Stanley Brothers' band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, in 1950, performing with the group for most of the next 18 years
    Apr 12, 1925
    Ned Miller is born in Raines, Utah. He gains one of the biggest hits of 1963, "From A Jack To A King," and writes Sonny James' "Behind The Tear"
    Apr 18, 1925
    Pianist and accordion player Billy Liebert is born in Detroit, Michigan. He plays behind such artists as Hank Thompson, Skeets McDonald, Terry Fell, Merle Travis and Tennessee Ernie Ford
    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
    Apr 29, 1925
    Trumpet player Danny Davis is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He patterns his band, The Nashville Brass, after Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, blending country music with swing, and winning a Grammy and six Country Music Association awards. He produces hits for Waylon Jennings and Don Gibson
    Apr 30, 1925
    Johnny Horton is born in Los Angeles. Married to Hank Williams' widow, Billie Jean Jones, he finds a niche in the late-1950s and 1960 with historically based singles, including "North To Alaska," "Sink The Bismarck" and "The Battle Of New Orleans"
    May 17, 1925
    Red Smiley is born in Marshall, North Carolina. He becomes lead vocalist and guitarist for the 1950s bluegrass duo Reno & Smiley
    May 23, 1925
    Mac Wiseman is born in Crimora, Virginia. He works as a sideman for Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and releases his own solo bluegrass records for the Dot label. Wiseman also serves as a founding member of the Country Music Association and joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014
    May 27, 1925
    Patsy Stoneman is born in Galax, Virginia. The oldest of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's children, she replaces him in The Stoneman Family in 1968, one year after the act received the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year award



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