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Mar 21, 1937
Fiddler Cecil Brower marries Sybil Knight in Cleburne, Texas. He first met her when she attended a dance that Brower's band, Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, played at the Crystal Springs Dancing Pavilion in Fort Worth, Texas
May 9, 1937
Sonny Curtis is born in Meadow, Texas. A sideman with Buddy Holly, he joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991. He pens The Bobby Fuller Four's "I Fought The Law," Anne Murray's "Walk Right Back" and Keith Whitley's "I'm No Stranger To The Rain"
May 12, 1937
Record producer Bob Montgomery is born in Lampasas, Texas. He writes Eddy Arnold's "Misty Blue," and produces Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey," Vern Gosdin's "Set 'Em Up Joe" and Janie Fricke's "He's A Heartache (Lookin' For A Place To Happen)"
Jun 4, 1937
Baldemar Huerta is born in San Benito, Texas. Performing under the stage name Freddy Fender, he earns two million-selling hits, "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" and his Spanglish "Before The Next Teardrop Falls," in 1975, eventually gaining a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Jun 12, 1937
The Light Crust Doughboys hold a recording session in Dallas, their first to feature piano player John "Knocky" Parker
Jun 15, 1937
Waylon Jennings is born in Littlefield, Texas. A protege of Buddy Holly, he becomes a leader in the Outlaw movement of the 1970s alongside his occasional duet partner, Willie Nelson. Jennings joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Jul 30, 1937
Sonny West is born in Lubbock, Texas. He becomes a member of Elvis Presley's entourage, known as the Memphis Mafia. After he's fired, West co-authors the controversial 1977 book "Elvis: What Happened?"
Aug 26, 1937
Don Bowman is born in Lubbock, Texas. The singer and comedian begins a recording career in the 1960s, though he's best remembered for co-writing the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson hit "Just To Satisfy You"
Dec 8, 1937
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers record "Oh How I Miss You Tonight" at Dallas' Adolphus Hotel. The song is destined to become a country hit for Jim Reeves & Deborah Allen in 1979
Dec 17, 1937
Tommie Lee Guthrie is born in Amarillo, Texas. Using the stage name Tom Tall, he earns a hit by teaming with Ginny Wright on the 1955 single "Are You Mine"
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