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  • Feb 5, 1940
    Jimmie Davis records "You Are My Sunshine" in New York
    Feb 9, 1940
    Bing Crosby records "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" in Los Angeles. He becomes the fourth act in six years to earn a pop hit with The Sons Of The Pioneers' standard
    Mar 25, 1940
    Decca releases Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine"
    Apr 4, 1940
    Ernest Tubb has his first Decca recording session, cutting "Blue Eyed Elaine" at Houston's Rice Hotel
    Dec 3, 1940
    Bing Crosby records "Lone Star Trail" in Los Angeles. The pop hit is the first recording of any song written by future Country Music Hall of Famer Cindy Walker
    Dec 16, 1940
    Eight months after Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys recorded it, Bing Crosby remakes "New San Antonio Rose" in Hollywood. His version becomes a pop hit, backed by a remake of "It Makes No Difference Now," recorded at the same session
    Jan 28, 1941
    Decca releases Bing Crosby's pop version of the Bob Wills-penned "New San Antonio Rose" backed by a remake of Floyd Tillman's "It Makes No Difference Now"
    Mar 27, 1941
    The Sons Of The Pioneers record "Cool Water" in Chicago
    Apr 26, 1941
    Ernest Tubb records "Walking The Floor Over You," "Our Baby's Book," "When The World Has Turned You Down," "I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back" and "Mean Mama Blues" at the Biggs Studio in Dallas
    Apr 28, 1941
    Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys record "Milk Cow Blues" in Dallas, Texas

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