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  • Dec 4, 1953
    Slim Whitman records "Secret Love" in Baltimore, Maryland
    Dec 13, 1953
    "Back In The Saddle Again" songwriter Ray Whitley joins the regular cast--including Dale Evans and Pat Brady--in an episode of NBC's "The Roy Rogers Show" titled "The Peddler From Pecos"
    Dec 14, 1953
    Pee Wee King records "Backward, Turn Backward" at New York's RCA Studios
    Dec 15, 1953
    Randy Parton is born in Sevierville, Tennessee. The brother of Dolly Parton and Stella Parton, he has several recording deals of his own. He also provides harmonies on Dolly's 1980 hit "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You"
    Dec 15, 1953
    "Slipping Around" singer Margaret Whiting is awarded an uncontested divorce from piano player Joe "Fingers" Carr in Santa Monica, California, on the grounds of cruelty. She claims he threw dishes at her in a fit of rage
    Dec 15, 1953
    Rex Allen portrays a marshal in a dispute over oil as the western "Red River Shore" debuts in theaters
    Dec 16, 1953
    Hank Snow records "I Don't Hurt Anymore" and "Yellow Roses" during an afternoon session at New York's RCA Studios
    Dec 17, 1953
    Sharon White, of The Whites, is born in Wichita Falls, Texas. Along with father Buck and sister Cheryl, she participates in several bluegrass-tinged early-'80s hits and joins husband Ricky Skaggs on the duet "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This"
    Dec 21, 1953
    Columbia releases Carl Smith's "Dog-Gone It, Baby, I'm In Love"
    Dec 22, 1953
    Pop songwriter Burt Bacharach marries Broadway singer Paula Stewart. He's destined to earn success in country music when his songs are recorded by Marty Robbins, Reba McEntire, Ronnie Milsap and Sonny James

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