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    • Feb 18, 1914
    Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski--a.k.a. Pee Wee King--is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He leads the Golden West Cowboys to Grand Ole Opry membership and co-writes "Tennessee Waltz," entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974
    Jun 30, 1935
    Frankie King moves to Louisville to work with Gene Autry on radio station WHAS. There, King earns the nickname Pee Wee
    Dec 23, 1936
    Pee Wee King marries Lydia Frank, the daughter of manager J.L. Frank, in Louisville
    Jun 1, 1937
    Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys make their debut on WSM Radio
    Jun 5, 1937
    Pee Wee King & The Golden West Cowboys make their first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
    Jun 27, 1937
    Pee Wee King & The Golden West Cowboys officially join the Grand Ole Opry
    Jul 30, 1937
    Pee Wee and Lydia King have a daughter, Marietta Jo King, in Louisville
    May 17, 1938
    Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys arrive in Los Angeles from Nashville, ready to begin filming their first movie appearance in the Gene Autry picture "Gold Mine In The Sky"
    May 20, 1938
    Filming begins for the Gene Autry movie "Gold Mine In The Sky" with Smiley Burnette and Pee Wee King & His Golden Cowboys
    Jul 3, 1938
    "Gold Mine In The Sky" debuts in movie theaters with a cast that features Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and Pee Wee King & His Gold West Cowboys. Autry plays a ranch foreman obliged to shepherd the marriage of a late friend's heiress-daughter
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