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Mar 10, 1950
Decca releases a double-sided Red Foley hit: "Steal Away" backed by "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"
Mar 10, 1950
MGM releases a two-sided Hank Williams hit: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" backed with "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy"
Mar 11, 1950
Jazz singer Bobby McFerrin is born in New York City. His relentlessly cheery 1988 pop hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy" will be referenced in the lyrics of Jake Owen's 2014 country single "Beachin'"
Mar 12, 1950
ABC begins airing "The Marshal Of Gunsight Pass." By the end of the month, "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" singer and songwriter Eddie Dean takes over the lead role
Mar 12, 1950
Scotty Moore marries his first wife, Mary Durkee. He later becomes the first guitarist for Elvis Presley
Mar 13, 1950
Columbia releases Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys' "Can't You Hear Me Callin'." The song will become the title of a comprehensive Monroe biography
Mar 15, 1950
Mercury releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," which becomes the theme to Warren Beatty's movie "Bonnie And Clyde"
Mar 17, 1950
Reba McEntire's parents, Clark and Jacqueline, get married at the First Baptist Church in Atoka, Oklahoma
Mar 19, 1950
Roy Acuff begins a 10-day tour of Alaska with shows for U.S. military personnel, sponsored by the Air Force
Mar 20, 1950
Columbia releases Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever"
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