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  • Jul 7, 1945
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys plant their flag at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima"
    Sep 7, 1945
    Ken Curtis runs a haunted hotel as the movie "Rhythm Round-Up" debuts. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform "San Antonio Rose," and The Hoosier Hot Shots hit the screen. Curtis renders "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
    Sep 18, 1945
    The Charles Starrett movie "Blazing The Western Trail" debuts in theaters. The picture's cast includes Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, who perform "Ida Red" and "Time Changes Everything"
    Oct 3, 1945
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "White Cross On Okinawa" in Hollywood
    Oct 18, 1945
    Columbia releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' double-sided single, "Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight" backed by "Texas Playboy Rag"
    Nov 12, 1945
    Columbia releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' "White Cross On Okinawa"
    Nov 15, 1945
    Charles Starrett is The Durango Kid as "Lawless Empire" hits movie screens. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform "Stay A Little Longer" and "Home In San Antone" during the one-hour flick
    Dec 15, 1945
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys rise to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight"
    Jan 5, 1946
    Two singles tie for the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart: Tex Ritter's "You Will Have To Pay" and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' "White Cross On Okinawa"
    Apr 1, 1946
    Columbia releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' two-sided hit, "New Spanish Two-Step" and "Roly-Poly"

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