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    • Mar 6, 1947
    Hank Williams signs a recording contract with MGM Records. It takes effect April 1
    Mar 25, 1947
    Johnnie & Jack hold their first recording session
    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
    Mar 28, 1947
    Having previously used a guitar on his recording sessions, Grandpa Jones holds his first session in Nashville, playing a banjo for the first time
    Apr 19, 1947
    After a year away from the Grand Ole Opry, Roy Acuff returns, relaunching the relationship with "Great Speckled Bird"
    May 4, 1947
    Francis Craig's orchestra plays live for the last time on NBC Radio, after a 15-year run. The same year, he earns a pop hit with "Near You," which becomes a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette 30 years later
    May 18, 1947
    Lonzo & Oscar hold their first recording session, for RCA Victor, in Chicago. Among the four songs they record is "My Adobe Hacienda"
    Jun 6, 1947
    MGM releases Hank Williams' "Move It On Over," his first single for the label after four releases for Sterling Records
    Jul 23, 1947
    Patti Page holds her first recording session, in Chicago, for Mercury Records
    Nov 18, 1947
    The Louvin Brothers hold their first recording session, for Apollo Records, at Nashville's Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel



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