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    • Sep 7, 1926
    Ronnie Gilbert is born in New York City. The lone female in the controversial folk group The Weavers, she's credited as a co-writer on the Jimmie Rodgers country hit "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On"
    Dec 24, 1955
    After being blacklisted during the McCarthy era, the folk group The Weavers makes a comeback with a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. The group performs "Goodnight Irene" and the soon-to-be country hit "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
    Dec 29, 1963
    The Weavers deliver a farewell concert at Chicago's Orchestra Hall. The folk group's members--Fred Hellerman, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger and Ronnie Gilbert--wrote country hits "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," "Gotta Travel On" and "I'm Just A Country Boy"
    Jun 6, 2015
    Ronnie Gilbert, formerly of the folk group The Weavers, dies in Mill Valley, California. The quartet earned a country hit with the 1951 single "On Top Of Old Smoky." Gilbert co-wrote Jimmie Rodgers' country hit "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On"
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