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    • Jan 28, 1938
    The Monroe Brothers hold their final recording session as partners for Bluebird Records in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their split paves the way for Bill Monroe's influential solo career
    Feb 14, 1938
    Following his February 5 debut, Roy Acuff receives a letter from the Grand Ole Opry asking him to return. Acuff later calls it "the greatest thrill I ever had in my life"
    Feb 26, 1938
    Fearing that local residents will be insulted by having his band named The Crazy Tennesseans, Roy Acuff makes his first Grand Ole Opry appearance in which the group is billed under a new name, The Smoky Mountain Boys
    Nov 9, 1938
    Hank Penny holds his first recording session, for the American Record Corporation
    Dec 24, 1938
    The Wilburn Brothers make their professional debut, singing on a street corner in Thayer, Missouri, while their father collects $6.40 by passing a hat
    Sep 15, 1939
    Bob Atcher records his first hit, "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," for Vocalion
    Jan 17, 1940
    After nearly a year on the air, Ernest Tubb's second stint on San Angelo, Texas, radio station KGKL comes to an end
    Apr 4, 1940
    Ernest Tubb has his first Decca recording session, cutting "Blue Eyed Elaine" at Houston's Rice Hotel
    Jun 4, 1940
    Johnny Bond and Jimmy Wakely arrive in Los Angeles, encouraged by Gene Autry to leave Oklahoma for careers as western singers and actors
    Jul 4, 1940
    The Louvin Brothers make their performing debut in Flatrock, Alabama



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