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Feb 9, 1950
Little Jimmy Dickens records "Hillbilly Fever" in Nashville at the Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel. The song also mentions "Slipping Around," "Lovesick Blues," "Sugarfoot Rag" and "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"
Feb 16, 1950
Record producer and guitarist Paul Worley is born in Nashville. His productions include Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," The Band Perry's "If I Die Young," Martina McBride's "Independence Day" and The Dixie Chicks' "Wide Open Spaces"
Mar 23, 1950
Record producer Byron Gallimore is born in Puryear, Tennessee. Among his credits: Faith Hill's "Breathe," Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying," Martina McBride's "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" and Sugarland's "Everyday America"
Mar 26, 1950
Ronnie McDowell is born in Fountain Head, Tennessee. Following his 1977 tribute to Elvis Presley, "The King Is Gone," he reaps more than a dozen Top 10 hits through 1987, including "Older Women" and "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation"
Mar 27, 1950
Kitty Wells records "How Far Is Heaven" at Brown Radio Productions in Nashville. An early staple of her live shows, the song is re-recorded five years later as a duet with daughter Carol Sue Wright
Mar 28, 1950
Hank Snow records "I'm Moving On" at Brown Radio Productions on Fourth Avenue North during his first Nashville session
Apr 2, 1950
WSM announcer David Cobb refers to Nashville as "Music City U.S.A.," unwittingly coining a nickname for the Tennessee capital
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 15, 1950
Hank Williams is arrested for violating a Nashville ordinance that prohibits smoking in bed, when a cigarette starts a fire in his room at the Tulane Hotel after he falls asleep
Apr 29, 1950
Carl Smith makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
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