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    • Dec 25, 1948
    Three years after he earned a country hit with a remake of "Smoke On The Water," Boyd Heath takes over as host of the NBC music show "Saturday Night Jubilee," aired live from New York
    Dec 25, 1948
    Barbara Mandrell is born in Houston, Texas. She wins the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award twice while hosting the "Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters" TV show, ultimately joining the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 27, 1948
    Columbia releases Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys' "When You Are Lonely" backed with "It's Mighty Dark To Travel"
    Dec 27, 1948
    Les Taylor is born in Oneida, Kentucky. The vocalist/guitarist becomes a key member of Exile, whose harmonic mix of gospel, pop and country yields more than 10 hit singles from 1983 until his departure for a solo career in 1989. Taylor also co-writes Janie Fricke's 1982 single "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy"
    Dec 27, 1948
    Guitarist Larry Byrom is born in Huntsville, Alabama. A prolific session musician, he plays on Faith Hill's "Breathe," Tim McGraw's "Angry All The Time," Shania Twain's "Any Man Of Mine" and George Strait's "All My Ex's Live In Texas," among others
    Dec 28, 1948
    Sandra Jarvis is born in Huntington, West Virginia. After marrying in 1970, she gives birth to a hit-making son, Brad Paisley
    Dec 29, 1948
    Pop singer Margaret Whiting marries CBS-TV executive Hubbell Robinson in Las Vegas. Within months, she records the country hits "Slipping Around" and "Wedding Bells" with Jimmy Wakely
    Dec 29, 1948
    The Roy Rogers picture "The Far Frontier" debuts in theaters with appearances by Foy Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage, plus Clayton Moore, better known for his roles as the Lone Ranger
    Dec 29, 1948
    Johnny Bond records "Tennessee Saturday Night" and "Till The End Of The World" at Hollywood's Columbia Studios
    Dec 31, 1948
    Donna Summer is born in Boston, Massachusetts. Heralded as "The Queen Of Disco," she also writes Dolly Parton's 1980 hit "Starting Over Again"
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