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Jan 3, 1924
Chuck Wagon Gang founder Dave "Dad" Carter and his wife, Carrie, have a daughter, Ruth Ellen Carter
Jan 6, 1924
Earl Scruggs is born in Shelby, North Carolina. The innovative banjo man joins Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in the 1940s, then forms a duo with Lester Flatt on the way to the Country Music Hall of Fame as one of bluegrass' pillars
Jan 11, 1924
Blues singer and harmonica player James Moore is born in Lobdell, Louisiana. Recording under the name Slim Harpo, his "Rainin' In My Heart" is ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 greatest singles
Jan 20, 1924
Songwriter Lee Pockriss is born in Brooklyn, New York. He writes "Catch A Falling Star," "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" and Faron Young's 1957 country hit "Love Has Finally Come My Way"
Jan 25, 1924
Steel guitar player Wesley "Speedy" West is born in Springfield, Missouri. He works with Spade Cooley and Hank Penny, records a series of instrumentals with Jimmy Bryant, and produces Loretta Lynn's first single, "Honky Tonk Girl"
Jan 28, 1924
Ramona Riggins is born in Raglesville, Indiana. She will marry Grandpa Jones, performing regularly with him in concert and on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw"
Jan 29, 1924
Lillie Maude Collins is born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Her son, Joe Bonsall, will become a member of The Oak Ridge Boys
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