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    • Oct 15, 1945
    Tex Ritter plays Tex Haines in the debut of "Flaming Bullets," as the Texas Rangers investigate a rash of jailbreaks that lead to the freed prisoners' deaths. Ritter still has time for music, including "Be Honest With Me" and "I Hang My Head And Cry"
    Oct 20, 1945
    Roy Rogers sings the Cole Porter-penned title song with the movie debut of "Don't Fence Me In." Dale Evans, Trigger and The Sons Of The Pioneers are also featured
    Oct 20, 1945
    The Johnny Mack Brown western "The Lost Trail" opens in movie houses. Walter Shrum and his Colorado Hillbillies, riding their current hit "Triflin' Gal," are also featured in the film
    Oct 21, 1945
    Roy Acuff leaves Nashville for Hollywood to film "Night Train To Memphis"
    Oct 25, 1945
    Filming begins on "Night Train To Memphis," starring Roy Acuff. As Acuff surfaces after diving to rescue a drowning woman, his hat remains on his head
    Nov 3, 1945
    Jimmy Wakely and Lee "Lasses" White star in "Riders Of The Dawn," a western featuring Wesley Tuttle and Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. Songs include Spade Cooley's "Shame On You," Johnny Bond's "Tomorrow Never Comes" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"
    Nov 7, 1945
    Tex Williams provides musical support for Buster Crabbe with the debut of the western movie "Prairie Rustlers"
    Nov 15, 1945
    Charles Starrett is The Durango Kid as "Lawless Empire" hits movie screens. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform "Stay A Little Longer" and "Home In San Antone" during the one-hour flick
    Nov 20, 1945
    Filming wraps for "Night And Day," a Warner Bros. biopic on the life of songwriter Cole Porter, with Cary Grant taking the lead role. Porter had the lone country hit of his career earlier in the year, with Gene Autry's version of "Don't Fence Me In"
    Dec 8, 1945
    Fiddlin' Arthur Smith lets loose on "Orange Blossom Special" in the debut of "The Lonesome Trail." The western movie stars Jimmy Wakely, plus Lee "Lasses" White, Mary Ford, guitarist Jack Rivers and Texas Playboy Jesse Ashlock



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