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Jul 17, 1930
Jimmie Rodgers records the recitation "The Pullman Porters" at the Victor Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood
Sep 29, 1930
Bing Crosby marries singer and actress Dixie Lee at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Los Angeles. Crosby, a noted pop singer, is destined to earn a country hit in 1944 by pairing with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama"
Sep 29, 1930
Songwriter and guitarist Billy Strange is born in Long Beach, California. A studio musician with the Wrecking Crew, he plays on country hits by Rose Maddox, Skeets McDonald and Jerry Lee Lewis
May 11, 1931
Louise King, of the pop act The King Sisters, has a daughter, Marilyn Adine Driggs, in Los Angeles. Fifteen years later, the Kings collect a country hit with a remake of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
May 16, 1931
Songwriter Grant Clarke dies two days after his 40th birthday from alcohol-related heart failure in California. Clarke and Maurice Abrahams co-wrote "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," destined to become a country hit for Eddy Howard in 1947
Sep 30, 1931
An ad in The Los Angeles Herald seeks a yodeler for an "old-time act." Lifeguard Bob Nolan responds, landing a spot in what becomes The Sons Of The Pioneers
Oct 15, 1931
Harry McClintock holds his final Victor recording session in San Francisco. During his three-year affiliation with the label, he cut the classic "The Big Rock Candy Mountains"
Apr 11, 1933
The Oakland Tribune runs a page 1 photo of a hitch-hiking Alabama family that rode the rails west in search of work. The children in the family grow up to become The Maddox Brothers & Rose
Jun 27, 1933
Bing Crosby and wife Dixie Lee have their first son, Gary Crosby, in Los Angeles
Jul 27, 1933
Guitarist Nick Reynolds is born in Coronado, California. He's a founding member of The Kingston Trio, whose folk single "Tom Dooley" wins the first Grammy for Best Country & Western Performance in 1959
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