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Jul 1, 1947
Hobert Skaggs marries Dorothy Thompson. The couple raises a future Country Music Hall of Fame member, son Ricky Skaggs
Jul 1, 1947
Merle Travis records "Merle's Boogie Woogie" and "Fat Gal" in an evening session at Radio Recorders' Studio A in Hollywood
Jul 3, 1947
Dale Evans stars in a movie separate from Roy Rogers for the first time in two years with the debut of "The Trespasser"
Jul 3, 1947
Smiley Burnette teams up with Texas Jim Lewis And His Lone Star Cowboys to provide music as the cattle-rustling Durango Kid movie "The Stranger From Ponca City" debuts in theaters
Jul 7, 1947
Songwriter Randy Goodrum is born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He authors Anne Murray's "You Needed Me," Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" and Dottie West's "A Lesson In Leavin'"
Jul 7, 1947
Columbia releases Johnny Bond's "The Daughter Of Jole Blon"
Jul 10, 1947
Arlo Guthrie is born in Coney Island, New York. The son of Woody Guthrie, he develops his own career as an artist, earning a pop hit in 1972 with Steve Goodman's "City Of New Orleans," later re-recorded by Willie Nelson
Jul 11, 1947
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeff Hanna is born in Detroit, Michigan. He helps found The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose historic 1972 album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" precedes a string of country hits in the 1980s. In addition to writing Dirt Band successes, he co-writes Rascal Flatts' "Bless The Broken Road"
Jul 15, 1947
Roy Rogers is tied up and left for dead after sniffing out an illegal hunting ring in the debut of "Springtime In The Sierras." Also on screen are The Sons Of The Pioneers
Jul 15, 1947
Gene Autry handles the lead role as "Robin Hood Of Texas" appears in movie theaters. It marks his last film for Republic Pictures
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