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  • Jul 30, 1956
    Jesco White is born in Bandytown, West Virginia. Known as "the dancing outlaw," he gets namechecked in the 2005 Big & Rich hit "Comin' To Your City"
    Dec 11, 1956
    Patsy Cline's father, Sam Hensley, dies of throat cancer in a West Virginia hospital
    Mar 23, 1957
    Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper finish a 10-year run on "The Wheeling Jamboree" in West Virginia, in preparation to move to Nashville, where they've already joined the Grand Ole Opry
    Jun 15, 1959
    Singer/songwriter/producer Jeff Stevens is born in Charleston, West Virginia. He produces Luke Bryan and authors such hits as Tim McGraw's "Back When," George Strait's "True" and Tracy Byrd's "Big Love"
    Jun 21, 1959
    Kathy Mattea is born in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. Deftly balancing art and commercialism, she nabs a pair of Grammy awards and is twice named the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year
    Dec 13, 1969
    After years in other venues, WWVA's "Wheeling Jamboree" returns to the Capitol Music Hall in West Virginia. The headliner for the evening is Bill Anderson
    Jun 6, 1970
    Doug Paisley marries Sandra Jarvis in McMechen, West Virginia. Two years later, they become the parents of Brad Paisley
    Oct 23, 1971
    Charley Pride debuts on WWVA's "Jamboree U.S.A." in Wheeling, West Virginia, becoming the first country artist to sell out four concerts at the radio show's location, the Capitol Music Hall
    Mar 28, 1972
    Songwriter/bass player Jerry Flowers is born in West Virginia. A member of Keith Urban's road band, Flowers writes Sam Hunt's "House Party," Billy Currington's "Do I Make You Wanna" and Jason Aldean's "A Little More Summertime"
    Sep 17, 1972
    Faron Young spanks a six-year-old girl on stage in Clarksburg, West Virginia, for sticking her tongue out at him before he sang "This Little Girl Of Mine." Her parents claim Young bruised her; he is fined $24 plus $11 for court costs

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