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    • Jun 22, 1944
    Dueron Robertson dies in France when his plane is shot down during World War II. The son of Eck Robertson, he played on his father's 1929 recording "Brilliancy Medley," included in the 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Jun 22, 1944
    Marine Ferlin Husky is among the American troops who take part in the invasion of Cherbourg, France, during World War II
    Jun 27, 1944
    The Germans surrender the French city of Cherbourg five days after allied forces attacked. Future country singer Ferlin Husky, serving as a marine, came under fire during the battle
    Feb 2, 1953
    Songwriter Gilbert Becaud has a son, Gaya Becaud, in France. When the boy is six, Dad scores a hit as The Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me." The song is also a country success for Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry and for Willie Nelson
    Oct 18, 1953
    While stationed in Germany with the Air Force, Johnny Cash makes his first trip to Paris, where he takes in the Eiffel Tower and views the Mona Lisa
    Dec 25, 1954
    Jim Reeves spends Christmas Day at Orly Field, near Paris, France, during a USO tour of Europe
    Mar 18, 1959
    Brenda Lee performs a historic show at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France, where she's been billed by the promoter as a midget
    Dec 16, 1960
    Roy Acuff performs in France, the final show of a USO tour of Europe that lasted more than two months
    Feb 16, 1963
    Pop singer/songwriter Paul Anka marries Marie-Ann DeZogheb in Paris, France. Anka earns country hits with Elvis Presley's "My Way" and Donna Fargo's "Do I Love You (Yes In Every Way)"
    Apr 12, 1967
    Rolling Stones Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are punched by a customs official at the Le Bourget Airport in Paris. The two will co-write "Honky Tonk Women," deemed one of country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
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