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    • Jul 21, 1895
    Actor Ken Maynard is born in Vevay, Indiana. Appearing in nearly 90 pictures, he becomes the first of America's singing cowboys, blazing a trail for Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter, among others
    Sep 8, 1929
    The black-and-white film "The Wagon Master" debuts. Starring Ken Maynard, the picture introduces "The Lone Star Trail," a song Maynard remakes the following year. The single appears in the 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Apr 14, 1930
    Silver-screen cowboy Ken Maynard records "The Lone Star Trail" in California. The song will appear on the influential 1952 Smithsonian compilation "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Dec 1, 1944
    Eddie Dean co-stars with Ken Maynard as the singing-cowboy picture "Harmony Trail" debuts in theaters
    Mar 23, 1973
    Actor Ken Maynard dies in Woodland Hills, California. He made almost 90 films as the first of the singing cowboys to hit the silver screen. Maynard paved the way for such figures as Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter and Gene Autry
    Nov 19, 2005
    The Western Music Association Hall of Fame inducts Red Steagall, Ken Maynard, Don Edwards and John M. Elliott during a ceremony at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Dec 2, 2005
    The Smithsonian's "Anthology Of American Folk Music" goes gold 53 years after its release. It includes music by The Carolina Tar Heels, The Stoneman Family, Kelly Harrell, Ken Maynard, G.B. Grayson, Uncle Dave Macon, Frank Hutchison and Bascom Lunsford
    Apr 11, 2006
    The Library of Congress adds 50 titles to the National Recording Registry, including two key country-related projects: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and the 1952 "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
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