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Nov 16, 1957
Harold Traywick marries Bobbie Rose Tucker in Chesterfield, South Carolina. The relationship yields six children, including country singer Randy Travis
Sep 14, 1959
John Berry is born in Aiken, South Carolina. The strong-voiced singer rises in 1994 with his Grammy-nominated "Your Love Amazes Me," following up with such melodic hits as "You And Only You," "She's Taken A Shine" and "What's In It For Me"
May 13, 1966
Darius Rucker is born in Charleston, South Carolina. The lead singer of Hootie + The Blowfish, he becomes a solo country artist in 2008, winning the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year in 2009. His hits include "Homegrown Honey," "Alright," "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" and "Wagon Wheel"
Oct 23, 1967
Tommy Sosebee dies in Greenville, South Carolina. A member of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, he earned a solo hit with 1953's "Till I Waltz Again With You"
Aug 19, 1968
Mark McGuinn is born in Winnsboro, South Carolina. His experimental, genre-busting brand of country generates an unlikely hit on an independent label during the spring of 2001 with "Mrs. Steven Rudy"
Oct 4, 1969
"Hee Haw" star Junior Samples has a heart attack in Greenville, South Carolina
Jan 20, 1970
Pop singer/songwriter Edwin McCain is born in Greenville, South Carolina. He earns a minor hit with "I Could Not Ask For More," which becomes a major country hit after being re-recorded by Sara Evans
Sep 7, 1970
Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton perform at the Southern 500 NASCAR race at the Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Buddy Baker takes the checkered flag
Jul 17, 1971
Roger Miller's King of the Road Motor Inns become a chain with the establishment of a second franchise in Columbia, South Carolina. Ten hotels are projected in the subsequent five years; none materialize
Sep 6, 1971
Marty Robbins is named Rookie of the Race for placing seventh in the Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway in South Carolina
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