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Dec 28, 1958
Joe Diffie is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Emerging in 1990, he melds traditional country with borderline-novelties to create a string of hits that includes "Ships That Don't Come In," "Honky Tonk Attitude" and "Third Rock From The Sun"
Apr 9, 1959
Keyboard player Dave Innis is born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He helps form Restless Heart and is with the band through its largest commercial success, including "I'll Still Be Loving You" and "When She Cries"
Nov 23, 1959
Musician Jim Nicks is killed when Red Sovine and his band have a car accident in Oklahoma, spurred by a blown tire. Sovine and three other band members are injured in the crash
Aug 20, 1960
Marty Robbins crashes into two other racers when his micro-midget car, nicknamed the Big Iron Special, loses a wheel in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Robbins is uninjured
Jul 8, 1961
Toby Keith is born in Clinton, Oklahoma. The former semi-pro football player emerges in 1993 with "Should've Been A Cowboy," becoming a brash hitmaker, label owner and entrepreneur. He also joins the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024
Jul 29, 1961
Patsy Cline returns to the concert trail at the Cimarron Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, six weeks after a serious car accident. Cline uses crutches to make it on stage and sits on a stool for the entire show
Feb 7, 1962
Garth Brooks is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Following his 1989 debut, he sells more than 100 million albums, winning multiple Entertainer of the Year awards from the CMA and ACM. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012
Apr 28, 1963
David "Dad" Carter dies in Oklahoma City. He founded the Southern gospel group The Chuck Wagon Gang, whose "After The Sunrise" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Jun 30, 1963
Guitarist Dwayne O'Brien is born in Ada, Oklahoma. He joins the harmony-rich Little Texas, performing on the pop-influenced singles "What Might Have Been," "You And Forever And Me" and "God Blessed Texas"
Aug 23, 1963
Banjo player Milton Estes dies in Oklahoma City. A former member of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, he also wrote Jimmy Martin's "20/20 Vision"
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