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    • Aug 10, 1944
    Anna Iversen marries Jimmy Wagner in Pensacola, Florida. The union produces a daughter, Priscilla, better known as Priscilla Beaulieu, who marries Elvis Presley
    Aug 30, 1944
    Major league pitcher Tug McGraw is born in Martinez, California. A 19-year veteran with the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, he's also the father of country music's Tim McGraw
    Oct 17, 1944
    Carol Cole is born in West Medford, Massachusetts, just months after Nat "King" Cole made a couple of unlikely appearances on an early version of Billboard's country charts. The singer subsequently adopts her
    Oct 29, 1944
    Billy Grammer marries Ruth Burzynsky at a Baptist church in Rend City, Illinois
    Nov 11, 1944
    Mehmet Ertegun, the Turkish ambassador to the United States, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. Three years later, Atlantic Records is founded by his sons, Nesuhi and Ahmet Ergetun. Ahmet goes on to write Mickey Gilley's "Chains Of Love"
    Dec 5, 1944
    Audrey Guy divorces her first husband, clearing the way for her marriage to Hank Williams 10 days later
    Dec 15, 1944
    Hank Williams marries Audrey Guy at a gas station outside Andalusia, Alabama
    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
    Feb 19, 1945
    Five days after first meeting at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, songwriters Boudleaux and Felice Bryant marry informally. The real marriage doesn't occur until later that year. The two go on to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 9, 1945
    Charlie Battles is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A rancher and rodeo pro, he becomes Reba McEntire's first husband



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