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Jan 1, 1948
Johnnie & Jack leave Nashville's Grand Ole Opry and WSM Radio to become regulars on KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, setting them up three months later among the first acts to perform on "The Louisiana Hayride"
Jan 10, 1948
Loretta Webb marries Oliver "Mooney" Lynn in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, officially becoming Loretta Lynn. He gives her her first guitar, becomes her first manager, and inspires many of her feisty domestic songs
Apr 5, 1948
Thirteen-year-old Wynn Stewart makes his first recording, a simple acetate disc featuring a version of an Eddy Arnold hit, "Anytime"
Sep 14, 1948
George Morgan signs his first recording contract with Columbia Records. The musicians' strike prevents him from recording for four months
Sep 16, 1948
Little Jimmy Dickens signs his first recording contract with Columbia
Jan 21, 1949
At his first Capitol recording session, held the same day he signs a contract with the firm, Tennessee Ernie Ford records his first hit, "Tennessee Border," at the label's studios on Melrose in Hollywood
Jan 31, 1949
Kitty Wells holds the first recording session of her career, beginning with "Death At The Bar," for RCA Records at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. She shares the session with Johnnie & Jack, which includes her husband, Johnny Wright
Feb 3, 1949
Slim Whitman holds his first recording session, for RCA, at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. His backing band includes Homer & Jethro
Mar 8, 1949
Hank Snow has his first American recording session at RCA Studio A in Chicago. Producer Steve Sholes declines an opportunity to cut "I'm Moving On." Instead, the session yields Snow's first charted single, "Marriage Vow"
Jun 11, 1949
Hank Williams makes his debut on the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Lovesick Blues" and "Mind Your Own Business." Legend claims he receives six encores. In the audience is Porter Wagoner, attending his first Opry show
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