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    • Apr 19, 1951
    Big Joe Turner records the rhythm & blues hit "Chains Of Love" in New York City. More than 25 years later, it's re-recorded as a country hit by Mickey Gilley
    Apr 20, 1951
    Keyboard player Steve Nathan is born in Buffalo, New York. He provides support on hundreds of hits by George Strait, Carrie Underwood, Wynonna, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Keith Urban and Jo Dee Messina
    Apr 20, 1951
    Gene Autry records "Old Soldiers Never Die," a song inspired by a Douglas MacArthur speech, to honor those who served in World War II and the Korean War
    Apr 22, 1951
    Steel guitarist Reuben Gosfield is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Using the stage name Lucky Oceans, he joins Ray Benson in founding Asleep At The Wheel, a western-swing band that nabs a 1975 hit with "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read"
    Apr 23, 1951
    Decca releases Red Foley and Ernest Tubb's "The Strange Little Girl"
    Apr 27, 1951
    Johnny Cash completes training at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he's learned to intercept Morse code from Soviet transmissions
    Apr 27, 1951
    MGM releases a two-sided Hank Williams hit: "Howlin' At The Moon" backed with "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"
    Apr 27, 1951
    Paul "Ace" Frehley is born in New York. He becomes the space-garbed guitarist for Kiss, a rock band that influences Garth Brooks' concert performances. Brooks remakes the group's "Hard Luck Woman" for a 1993 tribute album, "Kiss My Ass"
    Apr 29, 1951
    NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is born in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He's namechecked in the 2003 Chris Cagle single "Chicks Dig It" and the 2009 Tim McGraw hit "Southern Voice"
    Apr 30, 1951
    Columbia Records releases Ray Price's debut single, the Lefty Frizzell-penned "If You're Ever Lonely Darling"
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