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    • Jul 10, 1953
    Kitty Wells records "Hey Joe" and "I've Kissed You My Last Time" at Nashville's Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel
    Jul 13, 1953
    Blues man Louis Prima marries pop vocalist Keely Smith. As a songwriter, his tune "Sunday Kind Of Love" is destined to become a country hit for Reba McEntire
    Jul 13, 1953
    Dick Curless has a son, Rick Curless, in Maine
    Jul 14, 1953
    Woodwind player Pat "Taco" Ryan is born in east Texas. He joins Asleep At The Wheel, playing with the band on its Grammy-nominated 1977 album "The Wheel"
    Jul 14, 1953
    Guitarist/mandolinist Mike Henderson is born in Independence, Missouri. He becomes a linchpin in the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers and plays on a pair of Travis Tritt hits: "More Than You'll Ever Know" and "Where Corn Don't Grow." He also co-writes the Chris Stapleton hit "Broken Halos"
    Jul 16, 1953
    More than 20 years after the band's leader started his career in Texas, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys return to the Lone Star State, beginning a regular appearance on KGNC Radio in Amarillo
    Jul 16, 1953
    Singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith is born in Seguin, Texas. Primarily a folk artist, she writes the Kathy Mattea country hit "Love At The Five & Dime" and Suzy Bogguss' single "Outbound Plane"
    Jul 18, 1953
    Webb Pierce kicks off a five-week run at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "It's Been So Long"
    Jul 26, 1953
    Guitar player Randy Bethune is born in Bradley, Pennsylvania. He spends five years as a member of Bill Anderson's Po' Folks band
    Jul 28, 1953
    Steve Duncan is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. After playing drums for the house band at The Palomino Club in North Hollywood, California, he joins The Desert Rose Band, propelling the sturdy country-rock grooves on "One Step Forward," "Love Reunited" and "Summer Wind"
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