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    • May 4, 1953
    Kathlyn Louise White is born. At age 21, she gives up her crown as Miss Utah to marry Wayne Osmond, of The Osmonds
    May 23, 1953
    Ruben Tarpley, the father of eight-year-old Brenda Lee, dies from a freak accident, after being hit on the head by a hammer during a construction project in Georgia
    Jun 12, 1953
    Jonathan "Rocky" Burnette is born in Memphis, the son of rockabilly pioneer Johnny Burnette. He has a pop hit in 1980 with "Tired Of Toein' The Line"
    Jul 13, 1953
    Dick Curless has a son, Rick Curless, in Maine
    Jul 13, 1953
    Blues man Louis Prima marries pop vocalist Keely Smith. As a songwriter, his tune "Sunday Kind Of Love" is destined to become a country hit for Reba McEntire
    Aug 15, 1953
    Lula Grace Wood is officially divorced from Mearle Wood. Seven years later, she is destined to score her first hit record under the name Jan Howard
    Aug 17, 1953
    Songwriter and guitarist Eddie Hill has a son, Gary Wayne Hill
    Aug 17, 1953
    Red Foley's wife, Sally Sweet Foley, checks into the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. The hospital declines to specify her ailment, saying she is being treated for a "nerve condition"
    Sep 2, 1953
    Lula Grace Wood marries her second husband, Lowell Smith, in Columbus, Ohio. She is destined to become a Grand Ole Opry member, operating publicly as Jan Howard
    Sep 15, 1953
    Though not yet divorced from his first wife, Jerry Lee Lewis marries a pregnant Jane Mitcham in Fayette, Louisiana



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