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Jan 9, 1927
Artist manager Jack McFadden is born in Sikeston, Missouri. His clients will include Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus
Jan 10, 1927
Dramatic pop singer Johnnie Ray is born in Dallas, Oregon. He earns a massive hit with his first single, 1951's "Cry," which is remade twice as a country hit: by Lynn Anderson, in 1972; and by Crystal Gayle, in 1986
Jan 13, 1927
Guitarist Bernice Hilburn is born in Black Rock, Arkansas. She and husband Doyle Turner play in Hank Williams' band for nearly two years in the '40s. Their son, steel guitarist Robby Turner, plays on hits by Travis Tritt, Gary Allan and Chely Wright
Jan 19, 1927
Eugene Innis is born in Meade, Kansas. His son, keyboard player Dave Innis, will become a founding member of Restless Heart
Jan 20, 1927
Columbia releases the first single by Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Jimmy Thompson, "Karo" backed with "Billy Wilson"
Jan 28, 1927
Ernest "Pop" Stoneman records "Tell Mother I Will Meet Her" in New York. The song is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
Jan 28, 1927
Songwriter/sax player/club owner Ronnie Scott is born in London. He authors Bonnie Tyler's "It's A Heartache" and Shelly West's "Flight 309 To Tennessee"
Jan 28, 1927
Frank Hutchison records "Stackalee" in New York. It appears on the influential "Anthology Of American Folk Music" and ranks among country's 500 greatest singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Jan 29, 1927
The Broadway musical "Betsy" closes at New York's New Amsterdam Theatre after a one-month run. The production introduced Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies," destined to become a 1978 country hit for Willie Nelson
Jan 29, 1927
Fiddler George Wilkerson performs on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. Later in the year, he brings his string band, The Fruit Jar Drinkers, aboard
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