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  • Jul 12, 1952
    Keyboard player Randy McCormick is born in Rogersville, Alabama. He co-writes Eddie Rabbitt's "Suspicions" and Conway Twitty's "Crazy In Love," and plays on singles by George Strait, Ricky Van Shelton and Kenny Chesney, among others
    Jul 14, 1952
    The movie "Son Of Paleface" debuts in theaters with Bob Hope, Roy Rogers and Jane Russell singing "Buttons And Bows." Bing Crosby makes a cameo appearance
    Jul 14, 1952
    "The Eddy Arnold Show" debuts as a summer replacement series on CBS-TV, but ends up running on all three major networks through September 1956
    Jul 15, 1952
    Goldie Hill has her first recording session, for Decca Records in Nashville
    Jul 15, 1952
    At the age of eight, Gladys Knight receives $2,000 as the winner of "The Original Amateur Hour," hosted by Ted Mack on NBC-TV. She goes on to receive a nomination from the Country Music Association in 1994
    Jul 15, 1952
    Woody Guthrie is released from New York's Bellevue Hospital, following a one-month stay in which he was diagnosed, incorrectly, as schizophrenic. Within hours, he is drunk and has a fight with his family
    Jul 15, 1952
    Webb Pierce records "I Haven't Got The Heart" during an afternoon session at the Castle Studio in Nashville
    Jul 15, 1952
    Blue Miller, of The Gibson/Miller Band, is born in Detroit. The Academy of Country Music names the band the Top New Group or Duo in 1994, but Dave Gibson leaves later that year, imploding the group after just one hit, "Texas Tattoo"
    Jul 16, 1952
    A day after his release from Bellevue Hospital in New York, Woody Guthrie checks into Kings County Hospital, convinced he needs to combat an alcohol addiction. His real problem, still undiagnosed, is a neurological disease, Huntington's chorea
    Jul 17, 1952
    Arranger and guitarist Billy Strange records "Bumming Around." The song is a country hit the following year for Jimmy Dean and for T. Texas Tyler

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