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Oct 29, 1905
Songwriter Albert Brumley is born in Spiro, Oklahoma. He authors the gospel classic "I'll Fly Away" and The Stanley Brothers' "Rank Stranger"
Feb 17, 1907
Guitarist Dick Reinhart is born in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He moves to California with Johnny Bond and Jimmy Wakely, appearing in numerous westerns and playing on hits by Bond, Al Dexter and Gene Autry
Sep 26, 1907
Bass player and actor George "Shug" Fisher is born near Chickasha, Oklahoma. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers during World War II, though he is not a member of the lineup that eventually enters the Country Music Hall of Fame
Nov 16, 1907
Oklahoma is admitted as the 46th state in the union. It becomes a birthplace for such country acts as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Ronnie Dunn, Toby Keith, Johnny Bond, Cal Smith, Mel McDaniel, Bryan White and Blake Shelton
Feb 8, 1908
Bob Dunn, the steel player for Milton Brown's Brownies, is born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. In January 1935, he becomes the first musician to play an electric instrument on a country recording session
Sep 14, 1908
Fiddler Billy Hughes is born in Salisaw, Oklahoma. He plays on Jack Guthrie's 1945 recording of "Oklahoma Hills"
Dec 17, 1910
Singer/songwriter Spade Cooley is born in Grand, Oklahoma. A fiddler and bandleader, he brings the phrase "western swing" into widespread use, building such 1940s hits as "Shame On You" and "Detour"
Jul 24, 1911
Drummer Smokey Dacus is born in Quinton, Oklahoma. He becomes a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1940, playing on such classics as "San Antonio Rose," "Ida Red" and "Right Or Wrong"
Jul 4, 1912
Western singer and actor Walter Shrum is born in Cabaniss, Oklahoma. He and Al Dexter each earn country hits in 1945 with the Cindy Walker-penned "Triflin' Gal"
Jul 14, 1912
Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie is born in Okemah, Oklahoma. Best known for writing "This Land Is Your Land," he influences the use of folk and country as a tool for social commentary, and is posthumously inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977
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