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    • Dec 20, 1954
    Songwriter Marc Beeson is born in Champaign, Illinois. He authors Restless Heart's "When She Cries," Billy Currington's "We Are Tonight," Blake Shelton's "She's Got A Way With Words" and Pat Green's "Let Me," among others
    Dec 21, 1954
    Maxene Andrews, of The Andrews Sisters, is treated at Valley Receiving Hospital in Chatsworth, California, after swallowing 18 sleeping pills. She insists it was an accident and not a suicide attempt. The sisters had country hits by collaborating with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
    Dec 21, 1954
    Steel guitarist Gary Morse is born in Lansing, Michigan. He plays on Sara Evans' "Suds In The Bucket," Steve Azar's "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)" and Dierks Bentley's "Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do"
    Dec 22, 1954
    Chicago area residents Nate and Pearl Rubenstein adopt a baby boy, naming him Sandy Rubenstein. He discovers in 1992 that his biological father is late guitarist Sammy Pruett, a former member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys
    Dec 24, 1954
    R&B singer Johnny Ace shoots himself backstage in a game of Russian roulette at the City Auditorium in Houston, Texas. Ace dies the next day. His hit "Pledging My Love" is covered as a country hit 30 years later by Emmylou Harris
    Dec 25, 1954
    The TV Guide Christmas cover highlights the Nelson family, including soon-to-be singer Ricky Nelson
    Dec 25, 1954
    Jim Reeves spends Christmas Day at Orly Field, near Paris, France, during a USO tour of Europe
    Dec 25, 1954
    Steve Wariner is born in Noblesville, Indiana. The singer/songwriter/guitarist arrives in Nashville as Dottie West's bass player at age 17, ultimately recording more than 30 Top 10 hits as an artist. He will be inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Dec 26, 1954
    The Mutual Broadcasting Network airs "The Shadow" for the last time. The radio mystery, noted for the catch phrase "Only the shadow knows," is hailed in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' 1972 hit "Do You Remember These"
    Dec 27, 1954
    Columbia releases Marty Robbins' remake of "That's All Right"
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