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    • Nov 30, 1938
    The Light Crust Doughboys record the suggestive "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy" in Dallas. It's ranked among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 4, 1939
    Hank Penny records "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" at the Gayoso Hotel in Memphis. The heat is so bad that the band--including Noel Boggs, Boudleaux Bryant, Sheldon Bennett, Louis Dumont and Carl Stewart--plays in its underwear
    Aug 26, 1939
    Cliff Bruner & His Boys record "Jessie" and "Truck Driver's Blues" at the Rice Hotel in downtown Houston, Texas
    Jan 1, 1940
    Bass player Joe Ferguson has his first paying gig with The Light Crust Doughboys. His resume already includes membership in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
    Mar 12, 1940
    Spade Cooley's star rises as he plays fiddle on his first Gene Autry recording session in Los Angeles
    Apr 15, 1940
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Lone Star Rag" and "Time Changes Everything" at the Burrus Mill Studios in Saginaw, Texas
    Apr 16, 1940
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "New San Antonio Rose" and "Big Beaver" at the Burrus Mill Studios in Saginaw, Texas
    Aug 16, 1940
    OKeh releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' "New San Antonio Rose"
    Nov 11, 1940
    Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys make an appearance in the debut of Tex Ritter's "Take Me Back To Oklahoma," performing "Lone Star Rag," "You Are My Sunshine" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa." Also on screen is Playboy manager O.W. Mayo
    Dec 6, 1940
    OKeh releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' "Big Beaver"



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