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Jun 18, 1938
Woody Guthrie performs in Los Angeles on his KFVD radio show for the last time, despite signing a one-year contract in November
Jun 18, 1925
Dance band leader Francis Craig purchases a home on Whitland Avenue in Nashville. He goes on to write the 1947 pop hit "Near You," which becomes a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
Jun 18, 1923
Guitarist Zeke Turner is born in Lynchburg, Virginia. Capitalizing on his membership in Red Foley's band, he becomes one of Nashville's first session musicians, noted for his work on recordings by Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams
Jun 18, 1915
A.P. Carter marries Sara Dougherty, uniting two of the three performers who will comprise The Carter Family, in Clinch Mountain, Virginia
Jun 18, 1903
Actress Jeanette MacDonald is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-stars with Nelson Eddy in the 1936 picture "Rose Marie," introducing the title song and "Indian Love Call." Both songs are destined to become country hits for Slim Whitman
Jun 18, 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte sufers his final defeat when 25,000 Frenchmen are killed by a coalition of nations at Waterloo in Belgium. The battle forms a backdrop for Stonewall Jackson's 1959 hit "Waterloo"
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