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    • Oct 9, 1943
    James Petrillo, the president of the American Federation of Musicians, approves agreements with Capitol and Decca Records, ending a one-year recording ban for those companies. Musicians are still not allowed to record for other labels
    Nov 10, 1943
    Syd Nathan's Cincinnati-based Queen Records releases its first singles. Four years later, Nathan changes the label's name to King Records
    Nov 15, 1943
    Sydney Nathan's King Records releases its first two singles, with the artists using pseudonyms: Merle Travis and Grandpa Jones are billed as The Sheppard Brothers, and a Travis solo disc is credited to Bob McCarthy
    Nov 11, 1944
    Columbia and Victor Records reach agreement with James Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, ending a recording ban that had been in place for more than two years
    Apr 30, 1946
    Capitol Records offers 95,000 shares of stock, so it can build a pressing plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania
    Mar 1, 1947
    Four companies merge to become Mercury Records. The label's country division goes on to represent such acts as Tom T. Hall, Shania Twain, Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatt & Scruggs and Reba McEntire
    Mar 6, 1947
    Hank Williams signs a recording contract with MGM Records. It takes effect April 1
    Jun 6, 1947
    MGM releases Hank Williams' "Move It On Over," his first single for the label after four releases for Sterling Records
    Aug 11, 1947
    Decca Records has its first Nashville recording session at the Castle Studios in the Tulane Hotel, with Red Foley, Ernest Tubb and Milton Estes. Tubb records "That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye"
    Jan 1, 1948
    The American Federation of Musicians initiates a strike against the nation's record companies. It lasts until December



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