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    • May 18, 1950

    Songwriter Tom Shapiro is born in Kansas City, Missouri. Among more than 50 hits, he authors Brooks & Dunn's "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You," Neal McCoy's "Wink," Keith Urban's "You Look Good In My Shirt" and George Strait's "Living And Living Well"

    Aug 2, 1950
    Porter Wagoner ends a three-year job at the International Shoe Company manufacturing plant in West Plains, Missouri
    Nov 4, 1950
    Singer/songwriter Diane Pfeifer is born in St. Louis, Missouri. She writes Debby Boone's 1980 hit "Free To Be Lonely Again"
    Sep 29, 1951
    Porter Wagoner moves from his hometown, West Plains, Missouri, to Springfield, just 100 miles away, to take a job performing on KWTO Radio
    Sep 30, 1951
    Porter Wagoner makes his debut on KWTO Radio in Springfield, Missouri, where his instant popularity earns him a raise from $35 weekly to $70
    Apr 16, 1952
    Nearly five years after she started, Porter Wagoner's wife, Ruth, ends her work with the International Shoe Company in West Plains, Missouri
    Jun 11, 1952
    Multi-instrumentalist Nancy Short is born in Independence, Missouri. Following her marriage to folk artist Norman Blake, she's known as Nancy Blake, appearing on the Grammy-winning "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack
    Sep 19, 1952
    Porter Wagoner holds his first RCA recording session, at KWTO Radio in Springfield, Missouri, beginning with a cover of Hank Williams' "Settin' The Woods On Fire"
    Nov 1, 1952
    Chuck Berry, the future author of "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," has his second daughter, Melody Berry, in St. Louis, Missouri
    Jul 14, 1953
    Guitarist/mandolinist Mike Henderson is born in Independence, Missouri. He becomes a linchpin in the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers and plays on a pair of Travis Tritt hits: "More Than You'll Ever Know" and "Where Corn Don't Grow." He also co-writes the Chris Stapleton hit "Broken Halos"
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