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    • Feb 27, 1909
    Texas Jim Robertson is born in Batesville, Texas. He accrues a trio of country hits in the late-1940s by re-recording Ernest Tubb singles. He also appears on such radio shows as "Death Valley Days" and "Dick Tracy"
    Apr 6, 1909
    Denver Darling is born in Whopock, Illinois. Appearing on New York radio as a cowboy personality, he writes "Silver Stars, Purple Sage, Eyes Of Blue," which becomes a 1947 hit for Cliffie Stone
    Apr 29, 1909
    Karl Farr, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Rochelle, Texas. The group is acclaimed for its western harmonies on the classics "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
    Aug 15, 1909
    Songwriter Johnny Lange is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He creates numerous western songs, landing cuts with Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers and Tennessee Ernie Ford, who records his song "Mule Train"
    Oct 15, 1909
    Texas Jim Lewis is born in Meigs, Georgia. Making several appearances in western movies, he earns a hit in 1944 with "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry." His supporting band goes on to back Spade Cooley
    Dec 26, 1909
    Old West painter Frederic Remington dies in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He's remembered in the lyrics of Ed Bruce's 1980 country hit "The Last Cowboy Song"
    May 13, 1910
    Curt Massey is born in Midland, Texas. He joins his older sister in the band Louise Massey & The Westerners, scoring several crossover hits in the 1930s and '40s. He also co-writes the theme to "Petticoat Junction"
    Jun 29, 1910
    Broadway composer Frank Loesser is born in New York City. His successes include several songs remade for the country charts: "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Wave To Me, My Lady" and "Jingle Jangle Jingle"
    Sep 29, 1910
    Bill Boyd is born in Fannin County, Texas. He forms the Cowboy Ramblers, one of the pre-eminent early western swing bands, in Dallas, Texas, during the early-1930s
    Dec 17, 1910
    Singer/songwriter Spade Cooley is born in Grand, Oklahoma. A fiddler and bandleader, he brings the phrase "western swing" into widespread use, building such 1940s hits as "Shame On You" and "Detour"



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