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Jun 1, 1952
Misty Rowe is born in Glendora, California. She joins the cast of "Hee Haw" in 1972, remaining with the show for 19 years
Jun 3, 1952
Keyboard player Billy Powell is born in Corpus Christi, Texas. With Lynyrd Skynyrd, he performs on the rock classic "Sweet Home Alabama," cited in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
Jun 3, 1952
Marty Robbins records his first charted single, "I'll Go On Alone," plus "Pretty Words" during an afternoon session at Dallas' Jim Beck Studio
Jun 5, 1952
A grand jury in Macon, Georgia, indicts Frank Tanner for the murder of Bud Penniman, the father of Little Richard, in February. The case is later dismissed. Little Richard writes the country hit "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
Jun 5, 1952
Woody Guthrie is released from the alcohol program at Kings County Hospital in New York following a three-week detoxification program. Within days, he is drinking again, and threatening to kill himself
Jun 5, 1952
Porter Wagoner signs a recording deal with RCA Records, though the label commits only to record four songs
Jun 10, 1952
Thom Schuyler is born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He writes Kenny Rogers' "Love Will Turn You Around," Lacy J. Dalton's "16th Avenue" and Eddie Rabbitt's "I Don't Know Where To Start" before joining Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet. He also serves as the head of RCA's country division
Jun 11, 1952
Sonny James holds his first Capitol Records recording session
Jun 11, 1952
Donnie Van Zant is born in Jacksonville, Florida. A brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant, he joins 38 Special in the 1970s and forms a side project, Van Zant, with brother Johnny, making inroads in country music in 2005
Jun 11, 1952
Multi-instrumentalist Nancy Short is born in Independence, Missouri. Following her marriage to folk artist Norman Blake, she's known as Nancy Blake, appearing on the Grammy-winning "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack
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