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Texas Ruby (June 4, 1908 - March 29, 1963), born Ruby Agnes Owens, was a pioneering country music female vocalist of the 1930s through the early 1960s. Ruby was born on a ranch in Wise County, Texas, near Decatur. When she was three years old she started to sing, often together with her two brothers. Her career began when a Kansas City radio station owner heard her sing in Fort Worth, Texas. In early 1937, she recorded for Decca Records. Later that year, she met Curly Fox in Fort Worth. They we
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruby
- Family name
- Owens
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Decatur
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
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- Texas Ruby.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-06-04
- date of death
- 1963-03-29
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- Texas Ruby
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
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Texas Ruby (* 4. Juni 1908 nahe Decatur im Wise County, Texas, als Ruby Agnes Owens; † 29. März 1963) war eine US-amerikanische Country-Musikerin. Zusammen mit ihrem Mann war Texas Ruby im Bereich des Country eine der erfolgreichsten Radiopersönlichkeiten zwischen 1941 und 1948.
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