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Sep 30, 1950
Mandolin player Donna Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, marries Bob Bean in Attala County, Mississippi
Apr 5, 1951
Johnny Cash is certified as a radio operator at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. He will subsequently work at intercepting Russian code
Apr 27, 1951
Johnny Cash completes training at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he's learned to intercept Morse code from Soviet transmissions
Feb 21, 1952
Jerry Lee Lewis marries his first wife, Dorothy Barton, in Mississippi, after lying about his age on the application for the license
Oct 24, 1952
Mark Gray is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Briefly a member of Exile, he pens Janie Fricke's "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and Alabama's "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get." Gray also records three 1984 solo hits and a duet hit with Tammy Wynette, "Sometimes When We Touch"
Oct 28, 1952
Not quite one year after the death of his first wife, Red Foley marries TV personality Sally Sweet in Iuka, Mississippi
Jan 24, 1953
Carl Perkins and Valda Crider drive 50 miles to Corinth, Mississippi, to get married
Apr 28, 1953
Fred Knobloch is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He earns hits as a solo artist and as a member of Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet during the 1980s. He also writes George Strait's "Meanwhile" and Lorrie Morgan's "Back In Your Arms Again"
May 1, 1953
Pop songwriter and producer Glen Ballard is born in Natchez, Mississippi. Known for his work with Alanis Morissette and Wilson Phillips, he also co-writes the George Strait country hit "You Look So Good In Love"
May 26, 1953
Meridian, Mississippi, dedicates a monument to the late Jimmie Rodgers, following a drive engineered by Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb. On hand for the ceremonies are Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Charlie Monroe, Minnie Pearl and Lefty Frizzell
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