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    • Jan 1, 1940
    Bass player Joe Ferguson has his first paying gig with The Light Crust Doughboys. His resume already includes membership in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
    Jan 1, 1938
    Texas Ruby performs on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time, part of a duet act with husband-to-be Curly Fox
    Jan 1, 1938
    Bob Wills marries Mary Helen Brown, the widow of Wills' best friend, Milton Brown
    Jan 1, 1936
    Singer/songwriter Benny Barnes is born in Beaumont, Texas. He nets a hit in 1956 with "Poor Man's Riches"
    Jan 1, 1935
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa for the first time. Later that year, they begin appearing twice weekly at the club, where they remain regulars for eight years
    Jan 1, 1931
    Piano player Bobbie Nelson is born in Abbott, Texas. The older sister of Willie Nelson, she becomes a member of his band, playing on such hits as "Whiskey River," "Georgia On My Mind," "Uncloudy Day" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
    Jan 1, 1929
    Writer Larry L. King is born in Putnam, Texas. He writes "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas," a Broadway play that gets made into a 1982 movie for Dolly Parton
    Jan 1, 1923
    Los Angeles' KFI becomes the first radio station in America licensed by ASCAP, setting a precedent for the songwriting industry. As a result, songwriters receive a royalty each time one of their tunes is played on the radio
    Jan 1, 1909
    Multi-instrumentalist Frank Kettering is born in Monmouth, Illinois. He co-founds the comedic "WLS Barn Dance" quartet The Hoosier Hot Shots, who score a trio of hits in the mid-1940s and appear in a string of westerns. He leaves the band in 1944
    Jan 1, 1906
    Harry Nolan marries Flora Hussey. The union produces a son, Bob Nolan, who writes the western classics "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers
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