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May 8, 1945
Jim Reeves makes his first appearance as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals' B-level farm team in Lynchburg, Virginia, a 7-1 loss to the Portsmouth Cubs
Jun 5, 1945
Don Reid is born in Staunton, Virginia. In 1961, he joins a gospel harmony group that becomes The Statler Brothers, netting more than 30 hits from 1965-1989 on its way into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jun 6, 1945
Jim Reeves allows four runs in 2-2/3 innings while pitching relief for the St. Louis Cardinals' B-level farm club in Lynchburg, Virginia. After the game, Reeves is released
Sep 19, 1945
Austin Roberts is born in Newport News, Virginia. After recording the pop hit "Rocky," Roberts finds success as a Nashville songwriter, penning Lee Greenwood's "I.O.U.," Earl Thomas Conley's "Honor Bound" and Reba McEntire's "You Lie"
Oct 16, 1946
Bluegrass duo The Stanley Brothers, Ralph and Carter, perform together publicly for the first time in Bristol, Virginia
May 5, 1947
A plane carrying Tex Ritter crashes after leaving the airport in Richmond, Virginia. Ritter is bruised on his arms and legs, but catches a car ride to the venue in Tappahannock, Virginia, where he performs a matinee
Aug 21, 1947
Stanley Osborne is born in Norfolk, Virginia. His children will include Josh Osborne, the songwriter behind "Drinkin' Problem," "Body Like A Back Road" and "Sangria"
Sep 16, 1947
Bass player Sonny Lemaire is born in Fort Lee, Virginia. He joins Exile, which shifts in the 1980s from a rock band to country, where it reels off a seven-year string of hits, including "Woke Up In Love," "Crazy For Your Love" and "I Can't Get Close Enough"
Feb 1, 1948
Having left Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, fiddler Chubby Wise joins guitarist Clyde Moody--also an ex-Blue Grass Boy--as regular on-air performers with radio station WARL in Arlington, Virginia
Apr 30, 1948
Bing Crosby, who picked up a country hit by teaming with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama," serves as the grand marshal of the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia
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