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    • Sep 10, 1961
    Lester Wilburn becomes the first of the four Wilburn Brothers to get married, taking beautician Linda Todd as his bride
    Sep 11, 1961
    Banjo player Richard Bailey is born in Memphis, Tennessee. He becomes a member of the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers, nominees for a country Grammy in 2009
    Sep 11, 1961
    Decca releases Ernest Tubb's "Through That Door"
    Sep 13, 1961
    Cissy Houston is hired by producer Henry Glover as a vocalist on a New York session for Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, later to become The Band. It's a stepping stone on her way to working with Elvis Presley's backing group, The Sweet Inspirations
    Sep 13, 1961
    Bobbie Cryner is born in Woodland, California. The smoky-voiced singer has a recording deal in the 1990s, but has her biggest success as the songwriter of Trisha Yearwood's single "Real Live Woman"
    Sep 14, 1961
    "The Porter Wagoner Show," a syndicated TV program, debuts on 18 stations. It runs until 1981, airing on nearly 100 stations at its peak
    Sep 16, 1961
    Hank Locklin records "Happy Journey" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    Sep 17, 1961
    Charlie Walker organizes a benefit concert in San Antonio for Jimmie Rodgers' ailing widow, Carrie. Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Hawkshaw Hawkins, The Wilburn Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jimmy C. Newman and Bill Anderson help raise $6,000
    Sep 20, 1961
    Tex Ritter stars in his first theatrical production in almost three decades, "The Stovepipe Hat," as it opens at the Music Box Theater in Los Angeles. The show closes three nights later
    Sep 20, 1961
    Karl Farr, of the Sons Of The Pioneers, dies of a heart attack on stage at the Eastern Exposition Coliseum in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Known for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water," the western harmony group later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
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