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Mar 11, 1903
Bandleader and accordion player Lawrence Welk is born in Strasburg, North Dakota. Noted for his "champagne music," he achieves a country hit in 1945 by having Red Foley sing on his recording of "Shame On You"
Mar 23, 1908
Author Louis L'Amour is born in Jamestown, North Dakota. His Western fiction gets him referenced in the words of Ed Bruce's 1980 country hit "The Last Cowboy Song"
Jan 23, 1926
Songwriter Casey Anderson is born in Osnabrock, North Dakota. A founding member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, he co-writes Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive" with his wife, Liz Anderson. Daughter Lynn Anderson becomes a significant country singer
Sep 30, 1931
Actress Angie Dickinson is born in Kulm, North Dakota. She's married to songwriter Burt Bacharach for 15 years. During that period, Sonny James covers Bacharach's song "Only Love Can Break A Heart" as a country hit
Dec 13, 1933
Harley Herzberg is born in North Dakota. A club singer as a young adult, his three children will include country star Gary Allan
Sep 26, 1947
Lynn Anderson is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The daughter of songwriters Liz and Casey Anderson, she achieves more than 15 hit singles from 1967-1983 with the million-selling "Rose Garden" emerging as her signature song
Apr 23, 1959
Record producer Michael Clute is born in Devils Lake, North Dakota. He oversees a string of hits for BlackHawk and Diamond Rio
Aug 28, 1960
The western "For The Love Of Mike" premieres in Bismarck, North Dakota. Starring Richard Basehart, it also features Rex Allen in a secondary role
Dec 28, 1960
The movie "Chartroose Caboose" opens in Bismarck, North Dakota. Molly Bee has the lead role in the comedy, which also features Slim Pickens
May 3, 1974
Gwen Sebastian is born in Hebron, North Dakota. After competing on NBC's "The Voice," she becomes a background singer in Blake Shelton's band and joins him on the 2014 hit "My Eyes"
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