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    • Jun 1, 1943
    Pop songwriter Tom Bahler is born in Los Angeles. He writes Cher's "Living In A House Divided" and Michael Jackson's "She's Out Of My Life." Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke do a country version of the latter song, re-titling it "He's Out Of My Life"
    Jun 3, 1943
    Drummer Michael Clarke is born in New York. An original member of The Byrds, he leaves before they record the album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo," but moves to the country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers
    Jun 4, 1943
    Johnny Bond sings "I'm Going To Get Der Fuehrer Sure As Shootin'" as "Cowboy Commandos" debuts in movie houses
    Jun 5, 1943
    The Grand Ole Opry begins airing from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, which becomes the radio show's home until 1974
    Jun 6, 1943
    Joe Stampley is born in Springhill, Louisiana. He peppers an 11-year string of hits, beginning in 1972, with such titles as "Soul Song," "All These Things" and "Roll On Big Mama," expanding his career in a series of "good ol' boy" duets with Moe Bandy
    Jun 14, 1943
    The rodeo picture "Song Of Texas" debuts in theaters with Roy Rogers and The Sons Of The Pioneers--including Pat Brady--performing "Mexicali Rose"
    Jun 14, 1943
    Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is born in Center Star, Alabama. A pop songwriter who pens "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby," he also writes two Freddy Weller successes, plus "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers," a country hit twice, for Bob Luman and Steve Wariner
    Jun 21, 1943
    Ernest Tubb begins hosting a morning radio program on Nashville's WSM Radio. The job lasts one year
    Jun 24, 1943
    Columbia Pictures' "Frontier Fury" hits movie theaters with a cast that includes Charles Starrett, Jimmie Davis, Johnny Bond and Wesley Tuttle
    Jun 28, 1943
    Donna King, of the pop group The King Sisters, marries record executive Jim Conkling. Four years later, the Sisters pull in a country hit with "Divorce Me C.O.D."
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