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Mar 21, 1953
Western-swing singer/guitarist Chris O'Connell is born in Williamsport, Maryland. She's a member of Asleep At The Wheel when the group scores its lone country hit, 1975's "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read"
Dec 4, 1953
Slim Whitman records "Secret Love" in Baltimore, Maryland
Mar 29, 1954
Jimmy Dean's wife, Sue, gives birth to their daughter, Connie Elizabeth Dean, at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland. Connie inspires his 1962 recitation "To A Sleeping Beauty"
Jul 31, 1955
Seventeen years after The Monroe Brothers split, Bill and Charlie Monroe deliver their first full-fledged reunion concert at the New River Ranch in Rising Sun, Maryland. Bill Monroe appears in a sling, having broken his collarbone in a bathtub accident
Mar 11, 1958
Fred Foster founds Monument Records in Baltimore, Maryland. Later relocating in Nashville, the label goes on to represent such acts as Roy Orbison, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Billy Swan and, in the 1990s, The Dixie Chicks. Monument is reactivated in 2017, launching Walker Hayes
Dec 27, 1959
Running back Alex Hawkins plays in the NFL Championship Game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as the Colts defeat the New York Giants, 31-16. Hawkins will be credited as a songwriter on the 1992 Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
Aug 14, 1960
Watermelon Park in Berryville, Maryland, hosts the first all-day, multiple-act bluegrass festival. The lineup features Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Reno & Smiley, The Osborne Brothers and fiddler Scotty Stoneman
Apr 11, 1961
The fledgling Los Angeles Angels, owned by cowboy singer Gene Autry, play their first regular season baseball game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Angels defeat the Orioles, 7-2
Nov 25, 1961
Deejay Eddie Stubbs is born in Bethesda, Maryland. A musician with the bluegrass group The Johnson Mountain Boys, he works with Nashville's WSM Radio, where he announces the Grand Ole Opry and becomes a voice for the genre's heritage artists
Jul 13, 1962
The city of Baltimore observes Brenda Lee Day
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