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Nov 17, 1955
Ray Charles is busted backstage in Philadelphia for the use of narcotics. The R&B singer later makes waves in country with his 1962 album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" and his 1985 duet with Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels"
Dec 8, 1955
Bass player Nathan East is born in Philadelphia. He appears on pop and R&B hits by the likes of Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Whitney Houston, as well as the Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton country hit, "We've Got Tonight"
Jan 9, 1957
Richard A. Clark Jr. is born in Philadelphia. Better known as RAC, he succeeds his father, Dick Clark, as a producer of the Academy of Country Music awards
Jul 1, 1957
A Philadelphia radio station begins repeated airings of The Tune Weavers' "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby." The song becomes an instant pop hit, covered nearly 30 years later in country music by Ronnie Milsap
Dec 1, 1958
The Green Bay Packers select running back Alex Hawkins as the 13th player taken in the NFL draft at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. Hawkins will be credited in 1992 as a co-writer on the Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
Jul 30, 1960
Songwriter Karen Staley is born in Hookstown, Pennsylvania. She authors Terri Clark's "Everytime I Cry," Tracy Byrd's "The Keeper Of The Stars," Trick Pony's "On A Night Like This" and Faith Hill's "Let's Go To Vegas"
Aug 23, 1960
Oscar Hammerstein II, who co-wrote the music for "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound Of Music," dies of cancer at home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, Slim Whitman had country hits with two of his songs: "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
Sep 25, 1960
Drummer Nancy Given is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A member of the all-girl band Wild Rose, she marries Diamond Rio drummer Brian Prout
Apr 25, 1962
Academy of Country Music founder Dick Clark marries his second wife, Loretta Martin, at Calvary Methodist Church in Philadelphia
Jun 24, 1962
Bill Monroe brushes off a journalist at Sunset Park in West Grove, Pennsylvania. It's a less than auspicious first meeting with the man who will become the manager that revives Monroe's career, Ralph Rinzler
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