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    • Mar 18, 1944
    "Ridin' West" debuts in movie theaters, starring Charles Starrett, Ernest Tubb, Lloyd Bridges, Johnny Bond and Wesley Tuttle
    Oct 27, 1945
    Wesley Tuttle's "With Tears In My Eyes" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Nov 3, 1945
    Jimmy Wakely and Lee "Lasses" White star in "Riders Of The Dawn," a western featuring Wesley Tuttle and Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. Songs include Spade Cooley's "Shame On You," Johnny Bond's "Tomorrow Never Comes" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"
    Nov 24, 1945
    Dick Thomas' "Sioux City Sue" and Lawrence Welk's "Shame On You," recorded with Red Foley, ascend to the top of the Billboard country singles chart. They're part of a four-way tie at #1 with Tex Ritter's "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" and Wesley Tuttle's "With Tears In My Eyes"
    Nov 21, 1946
    Charles Starrett is The Durango Kid in "Terror Trail," a western opening in theaters with Wesley Tuttle in the musical cast
    Dec 28, 1946
    Jimmy Wakely sings the Spade Cooley hit "Detour" in the debut of "Song Of The Sierras" with Wesley Tuttle & His Texas Stars, including fiddlers Jesse Ashlock and Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, plus guitarist Jack Rivers. Also in the pic: Lee "Lasses" White
    Feb 8, 1947
    Good guy Jimmy Wakely is embroiled in a cattle feud in the debut of the western "Rainbow Over The Rockies." Wakely performs with sidekick Lee "Lasses" White and Wesley Tuttle & His Texas Stars
    Jul 10, 1948
    ABC's "Hayloft Hoedown" debuts from Town Hall in Philadelphia. The half-hour Saturday night broadcast is one of the first country shows on network TV, with Wesley Tuttle its best-known regular. It lasts just two months
    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
    May 25, 1950
    Wesley & Marilyn Tuttle have twins, Wesley Leroy Tuttle Jr. and Leslie Ann Tuttle
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