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    • Jan 27, 1955
    Rhythm guitarist Richard Young, of The Kentucky HeadHunters, is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. The rock-influenced band wins the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year honor in 1990 and '91
    Jan 27, 1955
    Cheryl White, of The Whites, is born in Wichita Falls, Texas. The family trio earns bluegrass-influenced hits with "Hangin' Around," "You Put The Blue In Me" and "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling." They join the Grand Ole Opry in 1984
    Jan 27, 1954
    Western stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans adopt a six-year-old boy, John David, better known as Sandy Rogers
    Jan 27, 1953
    Songwriter Tom Douglas is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He authors such hits as Lady Antebellum's "I Run To You," Chris Janson's "Drunk Girl," Keith Urban and Eric Church's "Raise 'Em Up" and Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"
    Jan 27, 1953
    Hank Thompson records a version of Bill Carlisle's "No Help Wanted" at radio station WKY in Oklahoma City
    Jan 27, 1953
    Keyboard player Lee Carroll is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. Carroll replaces Marlon Hargis in Exile in 1985, contributing to such hits as "It'll Be Me," "She's Too Good To Be True" and "I Can't Get Close Enough"
    Jan 27, 1951
    More than two years after "The Louisiana Hayride" turned him down, Lefty Frizzell debuts on the "Hayride" when it airs from Beaumont's City Auditorium
    Jan 27, 1950
    MGM releases Hank Williams' "I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'"
    Jan 27, 1948
    A robber breaks a window on Roy Acuff's car in St. Augustine, Florida, and steals a banjo and two guitars valued at $340
    Jan 27, 1947
    Nedra Talley is born in New York. With cousins Veronica and Estelle Bennett, she becomes a member of The Ronettes, who gain a pop hit in 1963 with "Be My Baby." The song is revived in country music in 1972 by Jody Miller
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