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  • Mar 23, 1917
    Eugene "Smokey" Rogers is born in McMinnville, Tennessee. He scores a 1949 hit with "A Little Bird Told Me," writes Ferlin Husky's "Gone" and Spade Cooley's "You Can't Break My Heart," and plays on hits by Cooley and Tex Williams
    Apr 17, 1945
    The Three Stooges lampoon western films with the debut of "Rockin' In The Rockies." It features music by The Hoosier Hot Shots and by Spade Cooley and his western swing band, including Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers and Deuce Spriggins
    Dec 20, 1945
    Charles Starrett is the Durango Kid as the movie "Texas Panhandle" debuts. Spade Cooley does "Take Me Back To Tulsa" with his band, including Tex Williams, Joaquin Murphey, "Muddy" Berry, Deuce Spriggins, Smokey Rogers and Paul Featherstone
    Jul 2, 1950
    Western-swing musicians Tex Williams, Deuce Spriggins and Smokey Rogers launch a show on the NBC Radio Network
    Nov 23, 1993
    Western-swing musician Eugene "Smokey" Rogers dies in San Diego. He had a hit in 1949 after recording "A Little Bird Told Me." He also wrote Ferlin Husky's "Gone" and Spade Cooley's "Shame On You," and played on hits by Cooley and Tex Williams

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