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Jan 9, 1951
Brenda Gayle Webb, Loretta Lynn's youngest sister, is born in Paintsville, Kentucky. She adopts the stage name Crystal Gayle, and her pop-influenced country earns a string of hits, including the million-selling "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." She joins the Grand Ole Opry in 2017
Jun 2, 1951
Louisville, Kentucky, celebrates Pee Wee King Day
Aug 13, 1951
Fiddler Hubert Dwane "Hoot" Hester is born in Louisville, Kentucky. A member of the Grand Ole Opry house band, he appears on hits by Conway Twitty, Dan Seals, Steve Wariner and Ricky Van Shelton
Apr 13, 1952
Mandolin player Sam Bush is born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He gains acclaim with the progressive acoustic group New Grass Revival, but also plays on hits by Pam Tillis, Kathy Mattea and Garth Brooks, among others
Oct 2, 1952
Shelia Shipley Biddy is born in Scottsville, Kentucky. In 1993, she becomes the first woman named to head a major country label when MCA re-activates Decca
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"
Feb 22, 1953
A benefit concert in Louisville raises $9,000 for Bill Monroe, who broke 19 bones in a January car accident. Among the artists on the bill: Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Red Foley, Lew Childre, Carl Smith and Mother Maybelle Carter & The Carter Sisters
Mar 31, 1953
Guitarist Greg Martin is born in Louisville, Kentucky. He joins The Kentucky HeadHunters, who win a Grammy award and nail down two Vocal Group of the Year honors from the Country Music Association
Oct 8, 1953
Anthony Kenney is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. He takes over as the bass player for The Kentucky HeadHunters when Doug Phelps and Ricky Lee Phelps leave to form their own duo in 1992
Jul 18, 1954
Ricky Skaggs is born in Cordell, Kentucky. Centered in bluegrass, he leads a swing toward traditional country in the early-1980s, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1982 and taking the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
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