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Aug 8, 1921Webb Pierce is born in West Monroe, Louisiana. He gains a reputation for a nasal twang and garish stage persona, but becomes one of the biggest honky-tonk stars of the 1950s through such titles as "I Ain't Never," "In The Jailhouse Now" and "There Stands The Glass." He reaches the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001Aug 8, 1938Webb Pierce receives a $5 guitar from his mother for his 12th birthday. In exchange, he promises not to bang on the buckets while he retrieves water from a nearby springJun 6, 1942Webb Pierce marries Betty Jane Lewis, while stationed at Camp Polk, Louisiana, with the U.S. ArmyFeb 10, 1945Webb Pierce becomes a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 116 in Shreveport, LouisianaApr 14, 1950Webb Pierce makes his first appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride"Mar 7, 1951Webb Pierce conducts his first recording session for Decca Records, at the Castle Studio in Nashville. The session includes "Drifting Texas Sand," which he re-records nine years laterAug 13, 1951Webb Pierce records "Wondering" in an evening session at Nashville's Castle Recording Studio in the Tulane HotelOct 1, 1951Decca releases Webb Pierce's first hit, "Wondering"Feb 14, 1952Webb Pierce hires Tommy Hill, a future songwriter and record producer, as a fiddler in his band. Hill writes Pierce's "Slowly" and Red Sovine's "Teddy Bear"Feb 29, 1952Webb Pierce records "That Heart Belongs To Me" during the afternoon at the Castle Studio in Nashville
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