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    • May 3, 1903
    Bing Crosby is born in Tacoma, Washington. One of the most revered pop figures of the 20th century, his version of "Pistol Packin' Mama," recorded with The Andrews Sisters, becomes a country hit. He also inspires Willie Nelson's album "Stardust"
    Nov 4, 1911
    Wilma Wyatt is born in Harriman, Tennessee. Under the stage name Dixie Lee, she becomes a singer and actress, marrying Bing Crosby, who finds his way onto the country charts with a 1943 recording of "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Jul 7, 1930
    Bing Crosby drives actress Dixie Lee home from a party in Los Angeles, and they begin dating. She will become the wife of Crosby, who notches a country hit with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Sep 29, 1930
    Bing Crosby marries singer and actress Dixie Lee at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Los Angeles. Crosby, a noted pop singer, is destined to earn a country hit in 1944 by pairing with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Aug 19, 1931
    Bing Crosby records Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust" in New York, with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey in the orchestra. Crosby's death in 1977 partially inspires Willie Nelson to make an album of pop classics, which he titles "Stardust"
    Oct 8, 1931
    Brunswick releases Bing Crosby's pop hit "Star Dust." After Crosby's death in 1977, Willie Nelson is inspired to record an album of pop standards, and he makes the song the title track
    Jun 27, 1933
    Bing Crosby and wife Dixie Lee have their first son, Gary Crosby, in Los Angeles
    Oct 25, 1933
    Actress Kathryn Grant is born in Houston, Texas. Thirty years younger than Bing Crosby, she's destined to become his second wife. Crosby earns a country hit with "Pistol Packin' Mama" when Grant is 10 years old
    Dec 22, 1933
    The Bing Crosby movie "Going Hollywood" debuts in theaters. It introduces the song "Temptation," which is successfully remade in 1947 as the country parody "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" by Red Ingle & The Natural Seven
    Jul 13, 1934
    Bing Crosby and his wife, Dixie Lee, have twin sons in California: Phillip and Dennis Crosby. Ten years later, Bing scores a country hit by pairing with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama"
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