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    • Aug 21, 1939
    The Blue Sky Boys record "Are You From Dixie?" in Atlanta. The song is highlighted among country's 500 all-time greatest singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 22, 1939
    The Pine Ridge Boys record the first version of "You Are My Sunshine"
    Aug 26, 1939
    Cliff Bruner & His Boys record "Jessie" and "Truck Driver's Blues" at the Rice Hotel in downtown Houston, Texas
    Sep 11, 1939
    Gene Autry records "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)" in Chicago
    Sep 13, 1939
    The Rice Brothers record "You Are My Sunshine." The song becomes a major hit the following year for Jimmie Davis
    Sep 15, 1939
    Bob Atcher records his first hit, "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," for Vocalion
    Sep 25, 1939
    Louise Massey & The Westerners hold their first session for Vocalion, the label with which they reach their commercial peak. Among the songs they record: "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)"
    Sep 25, 1939
    Rex Griffin records "My Hillbilly Baby" and "Lovesick Blues" during a session in New York. His version of "Lovesick Blues" is believed to have influenced Hank Williams' classic recording of the song
    Feb 5, 1940
    Jimmie Davis records "You Are My Sunshine" in New York
    Feb 9, 1940
    Bing Crosby records "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" in Los Angeles. He becomes the fourth act in six years to earn a pop hit with The Sons Of The Pioneers' standard



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