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    • Jan 12, 1939
    William Lee Golden is born in Brewton, Alabama. He joins The Oak Ridge Boys in January 1965, aiding their leap from gospel to country to pop. A baritone with a mountain-man image, he leaves the group in 1987, but returns 10 years later. They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
    Jan 3, 1959
    Future Oak Ridge Boy William Lee Golden welcomes a son, Rusty Golden, in Brewton, Alabama
    Oct 17, 1962
    Future Oak Ridge Boy William Lee Golden welcomes a son, musician Chris Golden, in Brewton, Alabama
    Dec 25, 1979
    William Lee Golden, of The Oak Ridge Boys, stops cutting his hair, the first step in his evolution to a mountain man image
    Jul 18, 1980
    William Lee Golden buys the 200-acre Golden Era plantation north of Hendersonville, Tennessee. He puts two 23-foot teepees on the property outside of his house
    Nov 27, 1980
    William Lee Golden, of The Oak Ridge Boys, stops trimming his beard. Combined with the long hair he's been growing since Christmas 1979, the facial hair helps create a new mountain man image
    Oct 10, 1981
    Governor Fob Jones declares William Lee Golden Day in Alabama as Golden hosts the Harvest Jam in Brewton, with The Oak Ridge Boys, Alabama, The Charlie Daniels Band, Delbert McClinton and Sylvia
    Mar 14, 1982
    The Tennessean names Nashville's Eight Most Eligible Bachelors. The list includes three country music figures: publisher Buddy Killen; songwriter Dennis Morgan; and William Lee Golden, of The Oak Ridge Boys
    Apr 4, 1983
    People magazine reports that The Oak Ridge Boys are having internal problems, an "undeclared cold war" in which William Lee Golden and Duane Allen didn't speak for almost a year
    Jun 11, 1983
    Alabama sponsors June Jam II, a charity concert in Fort Payne that also features Lee Greenwood and Janie Fricke. With more than 37,000 fans on hand, William Lee Golden is a surprise guest, joining the headliners on "My Home's In Alabama"
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