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Oct 7, 1940
Bill Monroe has his first recording session with the Blue Grass Boys, at the Kimball Hotel in Atlanta, for RCA Records. Among the day's tracks: "Mule Skinner Blues"
Jan 1, 1941
Minnie Pearl goes on her first tour with Roy Acuff, playing Evansville, Indiana, as part of a package that also features Eddy Arnold and Pee Wee King
Jun 24, 1941
The movie "short" "Meet Roy Rogers" debuts. It pulls the singing cowboy out of the Sons Of The Pioneers, and affirms his status as a silver screen star by featuring him alongside established western kings Gene Autry and Gabby Hayes
Aug 12, 1941
Johnny Bond holds his first recording session, at the CBS Studios in Hollywood, at the corner of Sunset and Gower
Oct 14, 1941
The Carter Family conducts its final recording session in New York City, cutting "Why Do You Cry, Little Darling?" and "Lonesome Homesick Blues." It will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
Dec 8, 1941
The day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tommy Duncan announces he's leaving Bob Wills' Texas Playboys to join the war
Jun 1, 1942
Capitol Records signs its first country recording artist, Tex Ritter
Oct 30, 1942
Acuff-Rose Music Publishing is founded in Nashville on a handshake by Roy Acuff and Fred Rose. The first music publisher in the city, Acuff-Rose handles copyrights for Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and Don Gibson, among others
Sep 30, 1943
Spade Cooley signs his first recording contract, with Okeh Records
Nov 30, 1943
Eddy Arnold signs his first recording contract with RCA's Victor Records
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