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    • Apr 27, 1948
    Silas "Si" Robertson is born in West Monroe, Louisiana. A member of the cast for the A&E series "Duck Dynasty," he takes the lead on two tracks--"You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"--on "Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas," a #1 country album in 2013
    Aug 7, 1948
    Hank Williams makes his first appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride." His opening number is "Move It On Over"
    Sep 2, 1948
    Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He appears in four Super Bowls, but also nets a recording contract with Mercury in 1975, recording a minor country hit with "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
    Sep 29, 1948
    TV journalist Bryant Gumbel is born in New Orleans. Best known for his 15 years as host of NBC's "Today" show, he gets namechecked in the first verse of Anne Murray's 1983 hit "A Little Good News"
    Dec 25, 1948
    Background vocalist Merry Clayton is born in New Orleans. Noted for her work with Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones and Leon Russell, she sings on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," tabbed one of country's all-time greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jan 10, 1949
    Hank Williams begins hosting a morning show, sponsored by Johnnie Fair Syrup, on Shreveport radio station KWKH, where he bills himself as "the ol' syrup sopper." The job lasts about four months, before he moves to Nashville
    Feb 4, 1949
    Hank Williams joins the Musicians Union in Shreveport, Louisiana
    Apr 20, 1949
    Gene Autry receives a key to the city from mayor Tom Price in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he performs two shows at the McNeese Auditorium
    May 23, 1949
    Cajun artist Nathan Abshire records "Pine Grove Blues" at KPLC Radio in Lake Charles, Louisiana
    May 26, 1949
    Hank Williams Jr. is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. The son of country legend Hank Williams, he develops his own career, taking Entertainer of the Year in 1987 from both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. He is named in 2020 as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
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