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  • Aug 30, 1912
    Western swing trumpet player Danny Alguire is born in Chicasha, Oklahoma. He plays briefly with Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys in 1942, appearing on such recordings as "You're From Texas" and "Ride With Bob"
    Sep 21, 1912
    Keyboard player Mancel Tierney is born in Macomb, Oklahoma. He plays piano as a member of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys during the 1950 recording session for the western-swing classic "Faded Love"
    Apr 29, 1914
    Zeke Campbell is born in Marietta, Oklahoma. Among the first country musicians to play electric guitar, he contributes to The Light Crust Doughboys' "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Nov 14, 1914
    Ken Carson is born in Centrahoma, Oklahoma. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers from 1942-1947, when group members Lloyd Perryman and Pat Brady are called into duty for World War II
    Dec 8, 1914
    Singer/songwriter Floyd Tillman is born in Ryan, Oklahoma. Noted for writing "Slipping Around" and "I Love You So Much It Hurts," he enters the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984
    Dec 31, 1914
    Rose Carter is born in Snyder, Oklahoma. She joins the family gospel group The Chuck Wagon Gang, whose "After The Sunrise" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 1, 1915
    Johnny Bond is born in Enville, Oklahoma. A singer, songwriter and actor, he provides an on-screen sidekick for Gene Autry and Tex Ritter. Bond also earns a handful of country hits on his way to the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Nov 13, 1915
    Jack Guthrie is born in Olive, Oklahoma. A cousin of folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie, he lands in country music's Top 10 three times in the mid-1940s before his death in 1948 from tuberculosis
    Feb 14, 1916
    Guitarist Jimmie Short is born in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He plays on more than a dozen Ernest Tubb hits, including "Blue Eyed Elaine," "Rainbow At Midnight," Drivin' Nails In My Coffin" and "Careless Darlin'"
    Apr 24, 1916
    Texas Playboy guitarist Eldon Shamblin is born in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Handling the arrangements for Bob Wills' band from 1938-1954, he plays on "San Antonio Rose," "Ida Red" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa," among others

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