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  • Jul 9, 1923
    Lois Williamson is born in McVeigh, Kentucky. Under the name Molly O'Day, she becomes one of traditional country's primary female voices in the 1940s, gaining her biggest hit with "Tramp On The Street"
    Oct 10, 1923
    Fiddler and banjo player Minnie "Susie" Ledford is born in Powell County, Kentucky. She joins sisters Lily May and Rosie Ledford in the all-female stringband The Coon Creek Girls when the group undergoes a lineup change in 1939
    Aug 27, 1924
    Oliver "Mooney" Lynn is born in Kentucky. He later marries Loretta Lynn and assists her rise as a country singer
    Mar 6, 1925
    Singer/songwriter Jean Chapel is born in Neon, Kentucky. She records with Sun Records during the 1950s, but scores her greatest successes writing Eddy Arnold's "Lonely Again" and Jerry Wallace's "To Get To You"
    Jun 1, 1925
    Dale Henry Warren is born in Summerville, Kentucky. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers in 1952, though he is not a member of the original Sons, who are eventually inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Oct 15, 1925
    Guitarist Mickey Baker is born in Louisville, Kentucky. As part of the duo Mickey And Sylvia, he sings on the 1957 pop hit "Love Is Strange." He also authors a Jim Reeves country hit, "Two Shadows On Your Window"
    Jun 26, 1926
    Fiddler Kenny Baker is born in Jenkins, Kentucky. After first appearing with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1956, he plays on more of Monroe's sessions than any other musician. He also plays on Tom T. Hall's "Fox On The Run"
    Mar 31, 1927
    Hoyt Hawkins, of The Jordanaires, is born in Paducah, Kentucky. The group performs as backing vocalists on a long list of hits by George Jones, Kenny Rogers and Elvis Presley, among others, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Jun 3, 1927
    Saxophone player Boots Randolph is born in Paducah, Kentucky. He becomes a member of Nashville's A-Team of studio players in the 1960s, earning a minor pop hit with "Yakety Sax," and backing such performers as Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley
    Jul 20, 1927
    Bass player and guitarist Velma Williams Smith is born in Logan County, Kentucky. She appears with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and later becomes a session musician, playing on hits by Bobby Bare, Skeeter Davis and Eddy Arnold

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