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Jimmie Rodgers: Quick Facts

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Also Known As America’s Blue Yodeler • the Singing Brakeman • James Charles Rodgers
Born September 8, 1897 • near Meridian • Mississippi
Died May 26, 1933 (aged 35) • New York City • New York

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