Kacey Musgraves: Golden’s Shimmering Songwriter
Today is the birthday of Kacey Musgraves. She is 38 today. Kacey Musgraves grew up in Golden, Texas, a Wood County hamlet with more cows than people. Sulphur Springs, the […]
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Buster Smith: Dallas’s Quiet Architect of Bebop
Today is the birthday of Buster Smith. He would be 122 today. Buster Smith taught bebop's future star before bebop even had a name. He grew up in Ellis County, […]
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Chelo Silva: Brownsville’s Queen of Bolero Heartbreak
Today is the birthday of Chelo Silva. She would be 104 today. Chelo Silva of Brownsville, Texas, sang heartbreak like she had personally invented it. Her voice carried the ache […]
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Kenny Dorham Birthday
Kenny Dorham was born in 1924 in Fairfield — the bebop trumpet giant who co-founded the Jazz Messengers and wrote the standard "Blue Bossa."
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Freddie King: Gilmer’s Texas Cannonball
Today is the birthday of Freddie King. He would be 92 today. If you've spent any time in a Texas blues club, you've heard Freddie King — whether you knew […]
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Hank Thompson: Waco’s Honky-Tonk Businessman
Today is the birthday of Hank Thompson. He would be 101 today. Hank Thompson turned honky-tonk into a business empire, and he ran it like a general. He grew up […]
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Beyoncé: Houston’s Queen
Today is the birthday of Beyoncé. She is 45 today. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1981. She grew up in the Third Ward and […]
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Buddy Holly: Lubbock’s Everlasting Echo
Today is the birthday of Buddy Holly. He would be 90 today. Charles Hardin Holley was born in Lubbock, Texas on September 7, 1936. The South Plains city was dry […]
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Milton Brown: Fort Worth’s Father of Western Swing
Today is the birthday of Milton Brown. He would be 123 today. Milton Brown mixed string-band country with jazz and blues before anyone had a name for it. He grew […]
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George Jones: Saratoga’s Voice of Country
Today is the birthday of George Jones. He would be 95 today. George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas on September 12, 1931 — in Hardin County, deep in […]
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George Jones: Saratoga’s Voice of Country
Today is the birthday of George Jones. He would be 95 today. George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas on September 12, 1931 — in Hardin County, deep in […]
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Charles Brown: Texas City’s Cocktail Blues Cool
Today is the birthday of Charles Brown. He would be 104 today. Charles Brown grew up in Texas City, Texas, in a house full of hymns and classical records. He […]