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    • Dec 20, 1943
    "I'm Praying For The Day That Peace Will Come" becomes the first Hank Williams title copyrighted by the U.S. government
    Dec 31, 1943
    George Morgan gives his first public performance, taking home $5 in tips after singing in a restaurant
    May 9, 1944
    Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
    Jun 6, 1944
    Country Music Hall Of Fame broadcaster Grant Turner debuts on WSM radio the same day Allied troops invade Normandy. Turner, who becomes the Grand Ole Opry announcer, handles station breaks on D-Day between network news coverage
    Dec 4, 1944
    Eddy Arnold holds his first recording session at the WSM radio studios in Nashville. He records his first hit, "Each Minute Seems A Million Years," and his first version of "The Cattle Call"
    Jan 27, 1945
    Wally Fowler and his Clodhoppers play a Child Activities Program for the Oak Ridge Recreation and Welfare Association in Tennessee. It's the debut of a group that goes on to become The Oak Ridge Boys
    Feb 13, 1945
    Bill Monroe holds his first Columbia session, recording "Kentucky Waltz" and "Footprints In The Snow" at the Wrigley Building in Chicago. Chubby Wise plays fiddle, and David "Stringbean" Akeman sits in on banjo
    Feb 14, 1945
    Felice and Boudleaux Bryant first meet at Milwaukee's Schroeder Hotel, leading to marriage and a songwriting partnership. They land such hits as "Bye Bye Love," "Rocky Top," "Come Live With Me" and "Wake Up Little Susie," plus membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Oct 3, 1945
    Ten-year-old Elvis Presley sings in public for the first time at a talent contest, taking second place with "Old Shep." He wins $5
    Dec 29, 1945
    The Maddox Brothers & Rose return to the air on KGDM in Stockton, California, for the first time since the draft broke up the band



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