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    • Jan 11, 1899
    Future radio executive George Biggar is born in Brookings County, South Dakota. He will become the director of "The National Barn Dance" on WLS in Chicago
    Jul 30, 1944
    Fiddler Chris Darrow is born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He becomes a member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for two years in the late 1970s
    May 24, 1955
    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, resident Sharon Williams receives a telegram saying she's won a contest to name Faron Young's band. The singer is nicknamed the Young Sheriff and his band becomes the Country Deputies
    Aug 27, 1956
    Stephanie Winslow is born in Yankton, South Dakota. She notches a hit in 1979 with her remake of Fleetwood Mac's "Say You Love Me"
    Dec 9, 1968
    Johnny Cash plays a benefit for Native Americans at the St. Francis Indian Mission in South Dakota. The set list includes the appropriate "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Jun 21, 1977
    Elvis Presley performs in Rapid City, South Dakota, his first time to appear in the market. The show is taped for a TV special, "Elvis In Concert," including his performance of "My Way," which becomes a posthumous hit
    Jun 3, 1981
    Johnny Paycheck shoots a K-tel TV commercial for the compilation album "Kickin' Country" in Deadwood, South Dakota. When the work is done, he shows off his skills with a gun, firing a bullet through the middle of a train picture on the wall
    Jul 22, 1984
    Songwriter Nicolle Galyon is born in Winner, South Dakota. A 2012 contestant on "The Voice," she co-writes Miranda Lambert's "Automatic," Dan + Shay's "Tequila," Kenny Chesney's "All The Pretty Girls" and Keith Urban's "Coming Home"
    Jul 8, 1997
    Marty Stuart marries Connie Smith on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Afterward, they drive out into the wilderness and end up dancing on a cliff to Buck Owens' "Your Tender Loving Care"
    Nov 22, 2002
    Drummer Lonnie Wilson falls off a stage riser during soundcheck for a Terri Clark concert in South Dakota. He suffers a concussion, two facial fractures and four dislocated fingers
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