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Apr 14, 1953
"Mooney" Lynn gives his wife, Loretta Lynn, a $17 Sears & Roebuck Harmony guitar for her birthday. The gift lays a foundation for a career that lands her in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Sep 18, 1953
Record producer Steve Fishell is born in Oak Harbor, Washington. After playing steel guitar with Emmylou Harris' Hot Band, he goes on to produce Jann Browne's "Tell Me Why," Radney Foster's "Nobody Wins" and Pam Tillis' "Mi Vida Loca"
Jan 20, 1957
Willie Nelson has a daughter, Susie Nelson, in Vancouver, Washington. In 1987, she writes a biography of her father, "Heart Worn Memories." She later works as a radio personality for SiriusXM's classic-country channel Willie's Place
Sep 1, 1957
Elvis Presley performs at Seattle's Rainier Ballpark. In the audience is future rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix
May 22, 1959
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters buys Seattle radio station KVI
Aug 5, 1961
Fiddler Mark O'Connor is born in Seattle, Washington. He wins the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year award six times, appearing on more than 450 country recordings, and wins a Grammy for "Restless"
Sep 5, 1962
Elvis Presley begins filming "It Happened At The World's Fair" in Seattle, Washington
Sep 13, 1962
Nine days of location shooting wraps up in Seattle for the Elvis Presley picture "It Happened At The World's Fair"
Feb 5, 1964
Bass player Duff McKagan is born in Seattle, Washington. Added to the hard-rock band Guns N' Roses in 1985, he co-writes and plays on the group's signature single "Sweet Child O' Mine." Guns will be namechecked in Keith Urban's "Wasted Time" and Thomas Rhett's "T-Shirt"
Jul 20, 1966
Guitarist Stone Gossard is born in Seattle, Washington. He becomes an original member of Pearl Jam, an alternative rock band namechecked in Lonestar's 1996 country hit "No News"
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