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    • Apr 1, 1939
    Songwriter Royce Porter is born in Sweetwater, Texas. He writes such hits as George Strait's "It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You" and "Ocean Front Property," Keith Whitley's "Homecoming '63" and Kenny Chesney's "A Chance"
    Apr 1, 1939
    Banjo player and comedienne Rachel Veach joins Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Apr 2, 1939
    Motown singer/songwriter Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C. He will be namechecked in Thomas Rhett's 2015 ballad "Die A Happy Man"
    Apr 5, 1939
    Guitarist June Stearns is born in Albany, Ketucky. At age 21, she becomes a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, although she quits the business after a near-fatal wreck in 1965
    Apr 5, 1939
    Ronnie White is born in Detroit, Michigan. He joins the Motown harmony act The Miracles. Two of their songs are remade as country hits: "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Tracks Of My Tears," by Linda Ronstadt
    Apr 7, 1939
    The Sons Of The Pioneers' "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" appears over the opening and closing credits as the Charles Starrett picture "Spoilers Of The Range" debuts
    Apr 7, 1939
    Ray Whitley and His Six-Bar Cowboys support a swindled businessman in the debut of the 20-minute black-and-white movie "Ranch House Romeo"
    Apr 12, 1939
    "Frontier Pony Express" appears in movie theaters with Roy Rogers in the lead role. Spade Cooley also portrays an express rider
    Apr 16, 1939
    Mary O'Brien is born in London, England. Under the name Dusty Springfield, she records "Son-Of-A Preacher Man," named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 18, 1939
    Glen D. Hardin is born in Wellington, Texas. A keyboard player for The Crickets after Buddy Holly's death, Hardin goes on to play with Elvis Presley and Emmylou Harris
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