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    • Feb 11, 1918
    Publishing executive Wesley Rose is born in Chicago. The son of Acuff-Rose Music founder Fred Rose, he joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986, after playing a role in the careers of The Everly Brothers, Hank Williams and Marty Robbins
    Jul 23, 1918
    Eva Overstake is born in Decatur, Illinois. She becomes Red Foley's wife in 1933
    May 20, 1919
    "Well, I'll be a dirty bird!" Comedian George Gobel is born in Chicago. He becomes a fixture on WLS Radio's "National Barn Dance" on his way to an acting career that includes his own TV show during the 1950s
    Aug 15, 1920
    Cellist Martha McCrory is born in Quincy, Illinois. She participates in dozens of country hits, including Johnny Cash's "What Is Truth," Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors," Elvis Presley's "Moody Blue" and Roy Clark's "Come Live With Me"
    Mar 31, 1921
    Sally Foster is born in Chicago, Illinois. She performs frequently with the "National Barn Dance" act The Hoosier Hot Shots, appearing on their 1946 hit "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)"
    Apr 12, 1924
    Chicago radio station WLS begins broadcasting, just one week before it starts airing "The National Barn Dance," a live show formatted similarly to the Grand Ole Opry, established 19 months later
    Apr 19, 1924
    Chicago radio station WLS broadcasts the first "National Barn Dance"
    Oct 27, 1924
    Bonnie Lou is born in Towanda, Illinois. Emerging from The Midwestern Hayride on Cincinnati's WLW, she scores a pair of 1953 hits: "Seven Lonely Days" and "Tennessee Wig Walk"
    Aug 28, 1925
    Billy Grammer is born in Benton, Illinois. He turns an 18th-century British folk song into the 1958 hit "Gotta Travel On," joining the Grand Ole Opry one year later. He plays guitar on several Charley Pride hits, including "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
    Apr 9, 1926
    Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner is born in Chicago, Illinois. He establishes Playboy magazine and later Playboy Records, which provides a recording home in the 1970s for Barbi Benton and Mickey Gilley
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