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  • Apr 1, 1933
    WWVA Radio's "Jamboree" moves to the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, West Virginia. Just three months old, the show runs more than 70 years, influencing the careers of Grandpa Jones, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Brad Paisley
    Apr 5, 1933
    Guitarist, fiddler and mandolin player Charlie Collins is born in Pioneer, Tennessee. He becomes a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and plays on Tom T. Hall's 1976 hit "Fox On The Run"
    Apr 7, 1933
    Victor releases Jimmie Rodgers' single "Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia" backed with "Prairie Lullaby"
    Apr 9, 1933
    Broadway singer Paula Stewart is born in Chicago. She's destined to become the first wife of Burt Bacharach, who earns country hits as the songwriter of such titles as "Only Love Can Break A Heart," "The Story Of My Life" and "Any Day Now"
    Apr 11, 1933
    Red Foley participates in a recording session for the first time, as a member of The Cumberland Ridge Runners. The group also includes the future "National Barn Dance" duo Karl & Harty
    Apr 11, 1933
    The Oakland Tribune runs a page 1 photo of a hitch-hiking Alabama family that rode the rails west in search of work. The children in the family grow up to become The Maddox Brothers & Rose
    Apr 15, 1933
    Roy Clark is born in Meherrin, Virginia. The co-host of "Hee Haw," his vocal and instrumental skills bring him hits from 1963-1976, plus the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award and membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Apr 20, 1933
    Jeanette Hicks is born in Texarkana, Arkansas. She becomes a Louisiana Hayride performer, appearing on one hit in 1957, a George Jones duet titled "Yearning"
    Apr 25, 1933
    Songwriter Jerry Leiber is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Best known for the rock and rhythm & blues songs he writes with partner Mike Stoller, Leiber also hits the country chart as a writer with such titles as "Jailhouse Rock," "Don't," "Hound Dog," "Stand By Me" and "Ruby Baby"
    Apr 26, 1933
    Johnny Mosby is born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He marries Janice Shields in 1958, and the couple scores a trio of minor hits under the name Johnny and Jonie Mosby from 1963-1969

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