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    • Jul 1, 1908
    Alvino Rey, the King of the Swing Guitar, is born in Oakland, California. One of pop music's first electric guitarists, he backs Elvis Presley on "Can't Help Falling In Love" and marries The King Sisters' Louise King
    Dec 21, 1913
    Louise King is born in Payson, Utah. As a member of The King Sisters, she participates in more than a dozen pop hits, plus one country hit: a 1946 remake of Merle Travis' "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Aug 14, 1915
    Alyce King is born in Payson, Utah. A member of the pop group The King Sisters, she also participates in the act's 1946 country remake of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Sep 3, 1918
    Donna King is born in Sanford, Colorado. She becomes a member of the family act The King Sisters, who land more than a dozen songs on the pop charts during the 1940s. They also earn a country hit with a 1946 version of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Jan 15, 1920
    Yvonne King is born in Ephraim, Utah. She joins her siblings to form The King Sisters, a pop vocal group that also finds a home in the Top 10 of the country charts with a 1946 recording of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    May 11, 1931
    Louise King, of the pop act The King Sisters, has a daughter, Marilyn Adine Driggs, in Los Angeles. Fifteen years later, the Kings collect a country hit with a remake of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    May 21, 1937
    Louise King marries guitarist Alvino Rey. Not quite a decade later, The King Sisters end up on the country charts with a version of Merle Travis' "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Aug 17, 1940
    Pop pianist Buddy Cole marries Yvonne King. He's destined to play on at least two country hits with not-so-blissful marital themes: Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely's "Slipping Around" and The King Sisters' "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Jun 29, 1941
    Alyce King marries Sydney DeAzevedo. During their relationship, The King Sisters accrue a country hit with "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Jun 28, 1943
    Donna King, of the pop group The King Sisters, marries record executive Jim Conkling. Four years later, the Sisters pull in a country hit with "Divorce Me C.O.D."
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