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Dec 31, 1947
Roy Rogers marries Dale Evans at the Flying L Ranch in Murray County, Oklahoma. Rogers is late for the ceremony, delayed when he puts out a fire started by a cigarette butt in another room
Jan 26, 1948
Les Paul and Mary Ford are injured when their car slides down a 20-foot embankment after skidding on icy Route 66 near Davenport, Oklahoma. She fractures her pelvis, while Paul suffers a broken nose and broken right arm. He also contracts pneumonia as they wait eight hours in the snow before they are discovered
May 4, 1948
Songwriter/record executive Tim DuBois is born in Grove, Oklahoma. The head of Arista's country division from 1989-2000, he writes Alabama's "Love In The First Degree," Vince Gill's "When I Call Your Name" and Jerry Reed's "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)"
Jun 5, 1948
Gail Davies is born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. For religious reasons, she never actually celebrates her birthday. She is credited as the first woman to arrange and produce her own hit recordings in country music
Dec 7, 1948
Singer and guitarist Ronnie Sessions is born in Henrietta, Oklahoma. Raised in Bakersfield, he's a Vegas club pro by age 10, eventually netting a 1977 country hit with the Bobby Goldsboro-penned "Me And Millie (Stompin' Grapes And Gettin' Silly)"
Dec 13, 1948
Guitarist Ron Getman is born in Bristow, Oklahoma. He becomes a member of The Tractors, whose mixture of roots-music styles makes them the first country act to earn a gold album without a Top 10 hit and without touring when they debut in 1994
Apr 1, 1949
The movie "The Lawton Story" debuts in Lawton, Oklahoma, the hometown of many of the actors. Texas native Lee "Lasses" White also appears
Jun 2, 1949
Ronnie Jones is born in Ada, Oklahoma. He assumes the stage name Anthony Armstrong Jones, picking up a 1970 country hit with his remake of R.B. Greaves' "Take A Letter Maria"
Oct 27, 1949
Guitarist Jack Daniels is born in Choctaw, Oklahoma. He joins Highway 101, twice named the Country Music Association's Top Vocal Group behind such hits as "Somewhere Tonight," "The Bed You Made For Me" and "Cry, Cry, Cry"
Nov 18, 1949
Smiley Burnette is involved in a head-on collision while touring in Oklahoma
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