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    • Jan 9, 1950
    Decca releases Ernest Tubb's double-sided hit, "Letters Have No Arms" backed with "I'll Take A Back Seat For You"
    Jan 21, 1950
    Red Foley slips into the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"
    Jan 23, 1950
    Decca releases a double-sided Red Foley single: "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" backed with "Sugarfoot Rag," the latter featuring guitarist Hank Garland
    Feb 3, 1950
    Bill Monroe holds his first recording session for Decca Records in Nashville at the Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel. For the first time, his studio musicians include vocalist/guitarist Jimmy Martin and fiddler Vassar Clements
    Feb 6, 1950
    Decca releases Bing Crosby's pop hit "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy," a cover of Red Foley's current country hit
    Feb 6, 1950
    Decca Records releases Ernest Tubb's double-sided hit "I Love You Because" backed with "Unfaithful One"
    Mar 10, 1950
    Decca releases a double-sided Red Foley hit: "Steal Away" backed by "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"
    Apr 3, 1950
    Red Foley records a trio of hits--"Choc'late Ice Cream Cone," "Birmingham Bounce" and "Mississippi"--at the Castle Studio in downtown Nashville
    Apr 5, 1950
    Decca releases a two-sided Red Foley single: "Birmingham Bounce" and "Choc'late Ice Cream Cone"
    May 26, 1950
    The Weavers record Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene." It's quickly covered by Ernest Tubb & Red Foley and by Moon Mullican for the country market
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