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    • 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
    Mar 27, 1947
    Tex Williams records Capitol Records' first million-seller, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, one day after writing the song with Merle Travis
    Jul 15, 1947
    Tex Williams records "That's What I Like About The West"
    Jul 19, 1947
    Tex Williams' "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" lights up the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart, holding on to the top spot for 16 weeks
    Dec 16, 1947
    Tex Williams records "Suspicion"
    Jul 2, 1950
    Western-swing musicians Tex Williams, Deuce Spriggins and Smokey Rogers launch a show on the NBC Radio Network
    Sep 1, 1950
    Tex Williams signs a movie deal with Universal Pictures, requiring him to do eight films for the studio
    Jun 18, 1966
    Billy Walker, Lorne Greene and Boots Randolph headline a country show at the historic Hollywood Bowl. The bill also features Justin Tubb, Stonewall Jackson, Pat Buttram, Joe & Rose Lee Maphis, Warner Mack, Billy Mize, Skeets McDonald, Tex Williams, Marion Worth, Billy Wallace and Bonnie Guitar
    Mar 13, 1972
    Stuart Hamblen, Tex Williams and The Sons Of The Pioneers' Bob Nolan each receive the Pioneer Award during the seventh annual Academy Of Country & Western Music awards at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California
    Feb 28, 1979
    "Back In The Saddle Again" songwriter Ray Whitley is memorialized with a private dinner at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California. The gathering brings together fellow western figures Bob Nolan, Wesley Tuttle, Jimmy Wakely, Tex Williams, Stuart Hamblen, Eddie Dean, Doye O'Dell and Hank Penny
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