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    • Jan 1, 1935
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa for the first time. Later that year, they begin appearing twice weekly at the club, where they remain regulars for eight years
    Feb 24, 1935
    Marshall Jones performs a show in Akron, which is caught by Bradley Kincaid. In short order, Kincaid brings Jones to Boston to perform on radio station WBZ, where he's renamed "Grandpa" Jones
    Mar 25, 1935
    Steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe leaves The Light Crust Doughboys to join Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the process, he gets a raise from less than $10-a-week to $30. On KVOO that night, McAuliffe debuts "Steel Guitar Rag"
    Mar 25, 1935
    Singer/songwriter Rex Griffin begins a productive four-year association with Decca Records, recording four songs at the Decca Studio in Chicago
    Sep 23, 1935
    Bob Wills holds his first recording session with The Texas Playboys, cutting 13 songs in Dallas, Texas. Among the selections: "Maiden's Prayer" and "Spanish Two Step"
    Oct 15, 1935
    Guitarist Zeke Campbell is invited to join the western swing band The Light Crust Doughboys. He plays on the 1938 recording "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," listed among country's 500 greatest all-time singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 22, 1935
    Banjo player and guitarist Marvin Montgomery joins The Light Crust Doughboys. During his tenure with the western swing band, he writes "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," ranked among country's all-time greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Feb 17, 1936
    The Monroe Brothers, Bill and Charlie, hold their first recording session in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among the day's 10 songs: "My Long Journey Home," "What Would You Give In Exchange?" and "Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy"
    Mar 5, 1936
    Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies hold what proves to be their final recording session, for Decca Records, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans
    Oct 10, 1936
    Hank Snow holds his first recording session, upstairs in a vacant church in Montreal. The two songs he records that day, "Prisoned Cowboy" and "Lonesome Blue Yodel," become his first single. His first royalty check: $1.96



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