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Jan 8, 1935
Elvis Presley is born at home in East Tupelo, Mississippi. Before emerging as the "King of Rock & Roll," Presley makes inroads in country, where he returns during his latter years. He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998
Jan 9, 1935
Elvis Presley's stillborn twin brother, Jesse Presley, is buried in a cardboard box in Tupelo, Mississippi, a day after their birth
Jan 22, 1935
Sam Cooke is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. A highly regarded R&B vocalist, Cooke has two songs covered in the country charts: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
Aug 2, 1935
Songwriter Hank Cochran is born in Isola, Mississippi. His credits include Vern Gosdin's "Set 'Em Up Joe," Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces," George Strait's "Ocean Front Property" and Eddy Arnold's "Make The World Go Away," among others. Cochran joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014
Sep 19, 1935
Music executive Billy Deaton is born in Slaughter, Mississippi. He works as a booking agent and publicist for the likes of Faron Young and Bill Anderson, co-writing Young's hit "Wine Me Up"
Mar 9, 1936
Mickey Gilley is born in Natchez, Mississippi. A piano-playing cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and reverend Jimmy Swaggart, he becomes a ballad singer during the Urban Cowboy era, in which his club, Gilley's, plays a central role
Jun 20, 1937
Songwriter Ben Peters is born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On his way to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he writes such hits as Kenny Rogers' "Daytime Friends," Charley Pride's "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'," Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and Eddy Arnold's "Turn The World Around"
Jul 10, 1937
Rockabilly artist Gene Simmons is born in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Signed for a period to the Sun Records label, he co-writes Tim McGraw's 1994 breakthrough single, "Indian Outlaw"
Nov 16, 1937
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, and two other men are accused by their employer, Orville Bean, of forging a $4 check. Vernon pleads not guilty
Nov 17, 1937
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is found guilty of forging a check. He spends six months in jail before he's sentenced for the crime
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