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    • Apr 13, 1921
    Walter Rutland Harris is born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Held prisoner for 16 months after his plane is shot down during the Korean War, his offspring include Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris
    Oct 5, 1921
    Eugenia Murchison is born in Birmingham, Alabama. After marrying Walter Harris, she gives birth to a future Country Music Hall of Fame member, Emmylou Harris
    Apr 2, 1947
    Emmylou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama. After attaining commercial success, she edges into what becomes an alt.country career, gaining numerous Grammy awards and a 2008 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 6, 1952
    Major Walter Harris' plane is shot down over China during the Korean War. Daughter Emmylou Harris is unaware if her father is even alive for the next 16 months while he's tortured as a prisoner of war
    Feb 24, 1973
    Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris play Houston's Liberty Hall, where the audience includes a young Steve Earle. Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt perform in town the same night, and at a party, Harris first meets Ronstadt, a future musical collaborator
    Feb 20, 1974
    Reprise releases Gram Parsons' "Love Hurts"
    Oct 30, 1974
    Emmylou Harris records "Till I Gain Control Again," "Boulder To Birmingham" and "Bluebird Wine" in Los Angeles. "Control" will become a hit for Crystal Gayle; the other two will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Oct 31, 1974
    Emmylou Harris records "If I Could Only Win Your Love" and her first single, "Too Far Gone," in Los Angeles
    Feb 7, 1975
    Reprise releases Emmylou Harris' album "Pieces Of The Sky"
    Feb 19, 1975
    Emmylou Harris performs at the Palomino in Los Angeles, where she's joined for two songs by Linda Ronstadt. The audience includes Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Lowell George and Joni Mitchell
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