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Jun 17, 1947
The future son of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans is born in Independence, Kentucky. Given the name John David at birth, he is adopted by the western couple and is subsequently known publicly as Sandy
Jun 18, 1947
Sandy Posey is born in Jasper, Alabama. After netting two pop hits in the 1960s, she sings on several Elvis Presley recordings in 1969-70, then shifts into country music, with moderate success. In 1991, she marries Elvis Presley impersonator Elvis Wade
Jun 21, 1947
Bass player Tom Evans is born in Liverpool, England. He joins the pop band Badfinger and co-writes the Nilsson pop hit "Without You." T.G. Sheppard remakes it for the country audience in 1983
Jun 22, 1947
Howard Kaylan is born in New York City. He becomes a founding member of the Los Angeles pop band The Turtles, who earn a hit in 1967 with "Happy Together," re-made in 1978 for the country audience by T.G. Sheppard
Jun 25, 1947
Ray Milland stars as the comedy "The Trouble With Women" opens. Former Grand Ole Opry performer Lee "Lasses" White has a minor role in the picture
Jun 26, 1947
Columbia Pictures releases "Swing The Western Way," a movie featuring gambling and romantic fraud, with the Hoosier Hotshots and an appearance by Johnny Bond
Jun 27, 1947
Jo Stafford records "Feudin' And Fightin'"
Jun 28, 1947
Songwriter Kim Williams is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. A 2012 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he creates Randy Travis' "Three Wooden Crosses," Reba McEntire's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" and Garth Brooks' "Ain't Goin' Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)"
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