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Nov 19, 1919
The family of 16-year-old Roy Acuff moves from Maynardville, Tennessee, to Fountain City, near Knoxville. At Central High School, principal Hassie Gresham hears him singing and insists he lead the music in chapel. It becomes a regular role
Mar 21, 1931
With Nazis frequently inciting riots at the public performance of his songs, Jewish songwriter Kurt Weill leaves Germany. He moves four years later to the U.S., where he writes "September Song," a 1979 country hit for Willie Nelson
Mar 23, 1935
Ray and Carrie Cash move 240 miles from Kingsland, Arkansas, to Dyess, across the Mississippi River from Memphis. They take with them three-year-old son Johnny Cash, destined to come to fame through the Memphis-based Sun Records
Jun 30, 1935
Frankie King moves to Louisville to work with Gene Autry on radio station WHAS. There, King earns the nickname Pee Wee
Sep 10, 1935
Four years after he left his native Germany to escape Nazi persecution, songwriter Kurt Weill moves to New York City. One of his compositions, "September Song," will become a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1979
Jul 10, 1937
Hank Williams moves from Greenville, Alabama, to Montgomery with his parents
May 31, 1940
Johnny Bond and Jimmy Wakely leave Oklahoma City, bound for California, where they hope to make western movies
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
Mar 1, 1944
Merle Travis ends a six-year stint on Cincinnati's WLW Radio. Fellow employee Hank Penny drives him to the train station, and Travis moves to California the same day
Jun 13, 1946
Steel guitarist Speedy West leaves Springfield, Missouri, with his wife and son in a Lincoln Zephyr to re-establish himself in Los Angeles. He subsequently works with such acts as Loretta Lynn, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Johnny Bond
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