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    • Aug 20, 1940
    Gene Autry records "Be Honest With Me" in Los Angeles
    Sep 24, 1940
    Lulu Belle & Scotty record "Remember Me" at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago
    Oct 7, 1940
    Bill Monroe has his first recording session with the Blue Grass Boys, at the Kimball Hotel in Atlanta, for RCA Records. Among the day's tracks: "Mule Skinner Blues"
    Oct 7, 1940
    Clarinet player Artie Shaw records the pop hit "Star Dust" in Hollywood. Thirty-eight years later, it becomes the title track for a classic Willie Nelson album featuring remakes of traditional pop standards
    Oct 9, 1940
    Steel guitarist Jerry Byrd appears on his first recording session, as one-half of the duo The Happy Valley Boys, at the Kimball Hotel in Atlanta. He eventually plays on hits by Eddy Arnold, Red Foley and Hank Williams
    Oct 11, 1940
    Louise Massey & The Westerners record "Beer And Skittles" in Chicago
    Dec 3, 1940
    Bing Crosby records "Lone Star Trail" in Los Angeles. The pop hit is the first recording of any song written by future Country Music Hall of Famer Cindy Walker
    Dec 16, 1940
    Eight months after Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys recorded it, Bing Crosby remakes "New San Antonio Rose" in Hollywood. His version becomes a pop hit, backed by a remake of "It Makes No Difference Now," recorded at the same session
    Jan 27, 1941
    Louise Massey & The Westerners record "My Adobe Hacienda" in Chicago
    Feb 24, 1941
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Twin Guitar Special" in Dallas



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