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Dec 6, 1936
Guitarist and bass player Jack Cooke is born in Norton, Virginia. As one of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, he appears on the 1959 hit "Gotta Travel On." He eventually plays with Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys for 39 years
Dec 6, 1936
Bluebird releases Ernest Tubb's first single, "The Passing Of Jimmie Rodgers" backed with "The Last Thoughts Of Jimmie Rodgers"
Dec 11, 1936
"Banjo On My Knee," starring Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan and Buddy Ebsen, debuts in theaters. It includes a bit role for guitarist Floyd "Salty" Holmes, who played the previous year on Patsy Montana's "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
Dec 12, 1936
Guitarist Phil Baugh is born in Marysville, California. He plays on George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and Merle Haggard's "The Bottle Let Me Down," plus hits by Johnny Cash, Janie Fricke and Johnny Rodriguez
Dec 12, 1936
Session guitarist Reggie Young is born in Caruthersville, Missouri. He plays on Elvis Presley's "In The Ghetto," George Strait's "The Chair," Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas" and Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," among others
Dec 13, 1936
Hairl Hensley is born in Madisonville, Tennessee. He works at several radio stations in Knoxville and Nashville, serving as an announcer for the Grand Ole Opry for 35 years, beginning in 1972
Dec 18, 1936
Dale McBride is born in Bell County, Texas. A musician who works with Jimmy Heap, he also becomes the father of McBride & The Ride frontman Terry McBride
Dec 20, 1936
Tex Ritter's second movie, "Headin' For The Rio Grande," opens. Ritter is tasked with breaking up a ring of Mafia-like cattle rustlers
Dec 21, 1936
"The Old Corral" debuts in theaters with Gene Autry portraying a southwestern sheriff who falls for a Chicago nightclub singer. Also in the movie: Smiley Burnette, Lon Chaney Jr. and The Sons Of The Pioneers, featuring Roy Rogers
Dec 23, 1936
Pee Wee King marries Lydia Frank, the daughter of manager J.L. Frank, in Louisville
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