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    • Aug 20, 1949
    Slim Whitman makes his national radio debut singing with The Light Crust Doughboys on the Mutual Broadcasting Network
    Sep 18, 1984
    Lefty Perkins, a member of The Light Crust Doughboys and Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, dies of cancer. The guitarist joined the Brownies in 1936 after the departure of steel player Bob Dunn
    Sep 4, 1986
    Western swing piano player John "Knocky" Parker dies in Los Angeles. He appeared on recordings by Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers and The Light Crust Doughboys
    Jun 28, 1996
    The Demi Moore movie "Striptease" debuts in theaters with The Light Crust Doughboys' "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy" backing a dance scene. The picture also uses Smokey Robinson's "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" and music by Dean Martin, Herb Alpert, Pat Boone and Booker T. & The MG's
    Mar 5, 1997
    Western-swing guitarist Zeke Campbell dies at his home in Hurst, Texas. Joining the Light Crust Doughboys in 1935, he was one of the first musicians in country or western music to use an electric guitar
    Jun 6, 2001
    Light Crust Doughboys guitarist Marvin Montgomery dies of leukemia in Dallas. He co-wrote the western swing band's "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 23, 2003
    The Jordanaires, Larry Ford & The Light Crust Doughboys earn Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album--for "We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album"--during the 45th annual Grammy Awards at New York's Madison Square Garden
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." The Light Crust Doughboys make their lone appearance on the list with the risque "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy"
    May 23, 2011
    Bob Wills, Milton Brown and The Light Crust Doughboys are cited as the legislature in Austin recognizes western swing as the official state music of Texas
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