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    • Dec 4, 1929
    Blind Alfred Reed records "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" in New York. The track will be ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 6, 1929
    Jimmie Rodgers begins a two-night stand at the City Auditorium in Asheville, North Carolina, a homecoming of sorts for the performer. It's his first show in the city since he made his radio debut on Asheville's WWNC two years prior. Top tickets cost $1
    Dec 10, 1929
    Steel guitarist Roy Ayres is born in Columbus, Mississippi. He joins Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, playing on the hits "Slow Poke," "Bonaparte's Retreat" and "Tennessee Waltz," among others
    Dec 12, 1929
    Songwriter Cliff Crofford is born in Rochester, Texas. He authors Mel Tillis' "Send Me Down To Tucson," The Statler Brothers' "Charlotte's Web" and Merle Haggard & Clint Eastwood's "Bar Room Buddies"
    Dec 20, 1929
    Songwriter Charlie Williams is born in Texas. He writes Bobby Bare's hit "500 Miles Away From Home" and eventually runs Willie Nelson's music publishing company
    Dec 24, 1929
    Frenchy "Stoney" Edwards is born in Seminole, Oklahoma. The African-American singer/songwriter's "Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
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