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Nov 11, 1952
Guitarist Biff Watson is born in Virginia. He becomes a prominent Nashville session musician, playing on hits by Alabama, Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride, among others
Nov 7, 1953
Richmond, Virginia, radio station WXGI bans Webb Pierce's "There Stands The Glass" from its airwaves, suggesting the song's alcoholic message would negatively influence younger listeners
Nov 22, 1953
John Jennings is born in Harrisburg, Virginia. He works as a producer and guitarist for Mary Chapin Carpenter during her peak commercial years, contributing to "Shut Up And Kiss Me," "I Take My Chances" and "I Feel Lucky," among others
Jan 17, 1955
Singer/songwriter Steve Earle is born at the Army hospital in Fort Monroe, Virginia. His gritty 1986 album "Guitar Town" subsequently becomes an influential signpost for the alt-country movement
Mar 11, 1955
Jimmy Fortune is born in Nelson County, Virginia. He replaces Lew DeWitt in The Statler Brothers in 1982, writing their hits "Elizabeth" and "My Only Love." The Statlers enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
Apr 29, 1955
Patsy Cline makes her first appearance in the Apple Blossom Festival parade in her hometown of Winchester, Virginia
Sep 11, 1955
Elvis Presley performs the first of two shows on a Hank Snow package tour with Cowboy Copas and The Louvin Brothers at the City Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. In the audience: Gene Vincent
Oct 1, 1955
Patsy Cline makes her final appearance with Bill Peer & His Melody Boys at the Brunswick Moose Hall in Winchester, Virginia, ending a three-year relationship. During that time, Peer gave the former Virginia Hensley her stage name
Nov 23, 1955
Bruce Hornsby is born in Williamsburg, Virginia. The singer and piano player mixes jazz and pop in a lengthy career, but also contributes to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's million-selling country project, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. II" and records bluegrass with Ricky Skaggs
Apr 27, 1956
Patsy Cline serves as grand marshal of the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia
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