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    • Jul 3, 1950
    The USS Valley Forge launches the first carrier air strike of the Korean War. Among the crewmen on the ship is Scotty Moore, future guitarist for Elvis Presley
    Aug 19, 1950
    One day after her divorce from television executive Hubbell Robinson was finalized, "Slipping Around" singer Margaret Whiting marries piano player Joe "Fingers" Carr a second time in Guadalupe, Mexico
    Sep 9, 1950
    Four-year-old Neil Young, destined to write several country hits, gets his picture in a newspaper for the first time when The Toronto Telegram features a photo of the boy with a huge fish, giving a false impression that he actually caught it
    Nov 2, 1950
    Former Grand Ole Opry star Asher Sizemore loses his son. Charles "Buddy Boy" Sizemore goes missing in action in the Korean War
    Feb 18, 1951
    Isabel Preysler is born in The Philippines. In 1971, she marries "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" singer Julio Iglesias
    Aug 19, 1951
    Bass player John Deacon is born in Leicester, England. He joins Queen, whose 1980 pop hit "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" becomes a country success when remade by Dwight Yoakam in 1999, two years before the band takes its place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
    Aug 31, 1951
    Five-year-old Neil Young wakes up at his home in Omemee, Ontario, in pain. He is taken to a Toronto hospital, where he is diagnosed with polio
    Sep 6, 1951
    Five-year-old Neil Young is discharged from a Toronto hospital after a six-week stay with polio. As an adult, he writes the country hits "Are You Ready For The Country" and "Love Is A Rose"
    Sep 19, 1951
    Record producer Daniel Lanois is born in Hull, Quebec. Noted for his work with such rock artists as U2, Peter Gabriel and Bob Dylan, he also oversees sessions for Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson
    Oct 2, 1951
    Gordon Sumner is born in Wallsend, England. Under the name Sting, he plays in the rock band The Police, then builds an eclectic solo career. He joins Toby Keith in the country charts on a remake of his song "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"



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