WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9: ERNEST TUBB

Profile America -- Thursday, February 9th. One of the greats of country music was born 98 years ago today near Crisp, Texas -- Ernest Tubb. An early fan of Jimmie Rodgers, he was forced to create his own style after a tonsillectomy stopped him from yodeling. In his lifetime, he chalked up 91 country hits. His biggest was the million seller, "Walking the Floor Over You." Tubb's fame was such that he headlined the first ever country music performance in Carnegie Hall, and he was the sixth performer inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Today, country music is a major entertainment force around the nation. Even with the fracturing of the radio market, it is still one of the leading formats on the nation's more than 14,400 radio stations. Profile America is in its 15th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2012, p. 121
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 1132

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