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    • Jan 26, 1931
    "Green Grow The Lilacs" makes its first theatrical appearance in New York, opening at the Guild Theatre. Record producer Art Satherley takes note of a singer in a minor cowboy role: Tex Ritter
    Jan 26, 1931
    Comedian Will Rogers and Jimmie Rodgers begin a tour together in San Antonio at the Memorial Auditorium. The tour covers 50 cities in 18 days, earning more than $225,000 for the American Red Cross
    Jan 26, 1928
    James O'Gwynn is born in Winchester, Mississippi. Nicknamed the Smilin' Irishman, he earns his biggest hit in 1962 with the Bill Anderson song "My Name Is Mud"
    Jan 26, 1900
    Fiddler Clayton McMichen is born in Allatoona, Georgia. He records as a member of Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers, a string band that rises to importance in country music during the 1920s, before embarking on a solo career
    Jan 26, 1880
    General Douglas MacArthur is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He gives a speech in 1951 that inspires Gene Autry to write the country hit "Old Soldiers Never Die"
    Jan 26, 1837
    Michigan becomes the 26th state added to the union. The Wolverine State provides the birthplace for Frankie Ballard, Josh Gracin, Bob Seger, The Eagles' Glenn Frey, Sugarland's Kristen Hall and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna, among others
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