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    • Sep 13, 1948
    Decca releases Shorty Long & The Santa Fe Rangers' "Sweeter Than The Flowers"
    Sep 13, 1948
    Decca releases pop singer Bob Eberly's only country hit, "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
    Sep 14, 1948
    George Morgan signs his first recording contract with Columbia Records. The musicians' strike prevents him from recording for four months
    Sep 15, 1948
    Vernon Dalhart dies in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His 1924 recording of "The Wreck Of The Old '97" is widely regarded as country music's first million-selling single
    Sep 16, 1948
    Little Jimmy Dickens signs his first recording contract with Columbia
    Sep 17, 1948
    Tex Ritter has a second son, John Ritter, in Burbank, California. John goes on to become a significant actor, with roles in "Three's Company," "Sling Blade" and "The Waltons," among other titles
    Sep 18, 1948
    Eddy Arnold tops the Billboard country singles chart with "Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way)"
    Sep 18, 1948
    "Hayloft Hoedown" ends an 11-week run on ABC-TV. One of the first network shows to feature country music, the program aired from Town Hall in Philadelphia, with Wesley Tuttle the best-known performer in its weekly cast
    Sep 20, 1948
    Lena Miller, the mother of vaudevillian performer Emmett Miller, dies in her Macon, Georgia, home, two weeks after suffering a stroke. Referred to as the singer with a "clarinet voice," Emmett Miller was a major influence on Jimmie Rodgers
    Sep 22, 1948
    Eddie Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, has his third child, Wayne Stoneman
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