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    • Aug 7, 1946
    With a recording session scheduled for the next day, Merle Travis writes "Sixteen Tons," drawing on a letter from his brother, coal miner John Travis, for the hook: "You load 16 tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt"
    Aug 8, 1946
    Merle Travis records the original version of "Sixteen Tons," the future Tennessee Ernie Ford hit, at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Oct 12, 1946
    Merle Travis registers a #1 single on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of 14 total weeks with "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Oct 15, 1946
    Merle Travis records "Steel Guitar Rag" for the first time in Hollywood. He records the hit version of the song three months later
    Oct 19, 1946
    Merle Travis records "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" and "Three Times Seven" at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Dec 12, 1946
    Ken Curtis portrays a radio-station owner who's just back from the war as "Lone Star Moonlight" debuts in movie theaters. The Merle Travis Trio shares on-screen musical duties with The Hoosier Hot Shots, while Curtis sings "Home On The Range"
    Jan 23, 1947
    Merle Travis records the hit version of "Steel Guitar Rag" in the evening at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Feb 8, 1947
    Merle Travis spends the first of 14 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"
    Mar 26, 1947
    Tex Williams and Merle Travis write "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," one day before Williams records it. The song becomes Capitol Records' first million-seller
    Jul 1, 1947
    Merle Travis records "Merle's Boogie Woogie" and "Fat Gal" in an evening session at Radio Recorders' Studio A in Hollywood
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