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    • Oct 7, 1911
    Trumpet player and bandleader Vaughn Monroe is born in Akron, Ohio. He charts more than 50 pop hits from 1940-1954, with "Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" launching him into the country genre
    Nov 13, 1949
    Bandleader Vaughn Monroe performs "Riders In The Sky" on the Ed Sullivan-hosted "Toast Of The Town"
    May 21, 1973
    Trumpeter and bandleader Vaughn Monroe dies in Stuart, Florida. With more than 60 pop hits to his credit from 1940-1954, he also landed in country music with his 1949 recording "Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"
    Oct 25, 1995
    "Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits (1935-1954)" earns a gold album from the RIAA. Gene Autry's "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" are included, along with Jimmy Boyd's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and tracks by Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole and Vaughn Monroe
    Mar 7, 2001
    The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts cite 365 titles as Songs of the Century, including more than 50 country recordings. Among them: Vaughn Monroe's "Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"
    Nov 19, 2011
    Vaughn Monroe is inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the KiMo Theater in Albuquerque
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