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May 10, 1909
Mother Maybelle Carter is born in Nickelsville, Virginia. With her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, they form the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music. They enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
May 11, 1909
Banjo player Ocie Stockard is born in Crafton, Texas. He joins Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1945, performing over the ensuing seven years on such hits as "Keeper Of My Heart," "Bubbles In My Beer" and "Texarkana Baby"
May 13, 1909
Songwriter Ken Darby is born in Hebron, Nebraska. He writes Tennessee Ernie Ford's "River Of No Return" and works on the music in such films as "The Wizard Of Oz," "The Kind And I" and "Camelot"
May 26, 1909
Blues guitarist Papa Charlie McCoy is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He supports Tommy Johnson on the 1928 recording "Cool Drink Of Water Blues." It will be ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
May 30, 1909
Banjo player Lewis Crook is born in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. He joins The Crook Brothers, to whom he is not related, and the act performs on the Grand Ole Opry for a whopping 62 years
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