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  • Oct 21, 1933
    Mel Street is born in Grundy, Virginia. He nets a steady stream of major and minor hits on independent labels from 1972-1978, but takes his own life on his 45th birthday
    Feb 7, 1934
    Donna Stoneman is born in Alexandria, Virginia. With her siblings, she becomes a member of The Stonemans, a family group headed by Ernest "Pop" Stoneman that wins the Country Music Association's Vocal Group award in 1967
    May 24, 1934
    Charlie Dick is born in Frederick County, Virginia. He goes on to marry Patsy Cline
    Feb 11, 1935
    Singer/songwriter Gene Vincent is born in Norfolk, Virginia. His seminal rock & roll record "Be-Bop-A-Lula," one of the first singles recorded at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville, also reaches country music's Top 5 in 1956
    Dec 6, 1936
    Guitarist and bass player Jack Cooke is born in Norton, Virginia. As one of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, he appears on the 1959 hit "Gotta Travel On." He eventually plays with Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys for 39 years
    May 3, 1937
    Steel guitarist Stu Basore is born in Fort Monroe, Virginia. He works on such hits as Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," Jerry Lee Lewis' "When Two Worlds Collide" and Mickey Gilley's "Bring It On Home To Me"
    Jun 12, 1937
    Ernest and Hattie Stoneman's daughter, Rita, dies of complications from whooping cough, just three months after her birth
    Jul 4, 1937
    Ray Pillow is born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1966, coinciding with the release of his only Top 10 recording, "I'll Take The Dog," a duet with Jean Shepard
    Mar 6, 1938
    Steel guitarist Buddy Charleton is born in New Market, Virginia. As a member of Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours, he contributes to the classics "Thanks A Lot" and "Waltz Across Texas"
    Jun 15, 1938
    Grace Stoneman, a non-performing member of The Stoneman Family, announces she's eloped with her boyfriend, Jack Jewell, and is leaving the crowded nest. Ernest's wife, Hattie, had delivered her fourteenth child the previous month

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