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Mar 21, 1951
Bass player Conrad Lozano is born in Los Angeles. He joins Los Lobos, a Tex-Mex band whose 1985 record "Will The Wolf Survive?" ranks among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Mar 22, 1951
Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting record "When You And I Were Young Maggie Blues" at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles
Mar 29, 1951
The USS Valley Forge returns from the Korean War for repairs in San Diego. Crewman Scotty Moore is reassigned to the USS Boxer, then to the naval base. Moore is bound to become the first guitarist for Elvis Presley
Apr 8, 1951
Singer/songwriter Jim Photoglo is born in Los Angeles. Following a career as a pop artist, he moves to Nashville, where he pens Alabama's "Hometown Honeymoon" and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Fishin' In The Dark"
Apr 15, 1951
Texas Playboys guitarist Junior Barnard dies at Fresno County General Hospital in California, after a car crash. He played on "Bob Wills Boogie," "Brain Cloudy Blues" and "White Cross On Okinawa," as well as Johnnie Lee Wills' "Milk Cow Blues"
May 15, 1951
Buck Owens relocates from Phoenix, Arizona, to Bakersfield, California, with his family, including wife Bonnie Owens and son Buddy Alan
May 23, 1951
Judy Rodman is born in Riverside, California. After singing background on hits by George Strait, T.G. Sheppard and George Jones, Rodman develops her own solo career, earning the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female award in 1986
Jul 11, 1951
Bonnie Pointer, of The Pointer Sisters, is born in Oakland, California. Though primarily a rhythm & blues act, The Pointers win a Grammy award in 1975 for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, for "Fairytale"
Aug 2, 1951
Andrew Gold is born in Burbank, California. Known for his 1977 pop hit "Lonely Boy" and for writing the theme to "The Golden Girls," Gold plays guitar and/or sings background on hits by Linda Ronstadt and Wynonna Judd, and writes Judd's 1992 single "I Saw The Light"
Aug 15, 1951
Fourteen-year-old Merle Haggard is picked up for robbing a liquor store in a case of mistaken identity. Released five days later when the real criminals are caught, he expects to be tried as an adult: he was carrying a fake I.D. that said he was 18
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