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    • Apr 1, 1943
    Guitarist Lonnie Wilson, of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, begins service with the U.S. Navy, in which he serves as a radar technician in the South Pacific
    Apr 3, 1943
    Keyboard player Richard Manuel is born in Stratford, Ontario. He joins The Band, a rock group that records "Up On Cripple Creek," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 4, 1943
    Singer/songwriter Ann J. Morton is born in Muldrow, Oklahoma. The sister of Jim Mundy, she charts numerous times during the 1970s and '80s without gaining a bona fide hit. She also writes Hank Thompson's 1972 hit "I've Come Awful Close"
    Apr 4, 1943
    Skeets McDonald joins the Medical 69th General Hospital, treating World War II soldiers in North Africa, India and Okinawa
    Apr 9, 1943
    "King Of The Cowboys" debuts in theaters with Roy Rogers joined on screen by The Sons Of The Pioneers, Eddie Dean, Smiley Burnette and Stuart Hamblen
    Apr 15, 1943
    Woody Guthrie picks up Marjorie Mazia from her home in Wilmington, Delaware, and takes her back to New York. The couple has a two-month-old child, although they are still legally married to other spouses
    Apr 18, 1943
    Guitarist Steve Chapman is born in Virginia. He plays on country hits by George Strait, Bill Anderson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ronnie Milsap
    Apr 18, 1943
    Roy Rogers and his wife, Arline, have a daughter, Linda Lou
    Apr 24, 1943
    Richard Sterban, of The Oak Ridge Boys, is born in Camden, New Jersey. He provides the distinctive bass vocal presence on such hits as "Elvira," "Bobbie Sue" and "Love Song" after joining the group in 1972. The Oaks are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
    Apr 26, 1943
    "Swing Your Partner" opens in movie theaters with Dale Evans, Shug Fisher and Lulu Belle & Scotty
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