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    • 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 4, 1940
    Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy and Tex Ritter are among a number of Hollywood cowboys who team up for a live radio broadcast to raise money for British children victimized by Nazi bombing raids
    Dec 5, 1940
    "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" rides again: Six years after introducing the song, The Sons Of The Pioneers resurrect "Tumbleweeds" in the debut of another Charles Starrett western, "Thundering Frontier"
    Dec 5, 1940
    Roy Rogers plays a doctor from the East as "The Border Legion" hits the big screen, with additional appearances by Gabby Hayes, Spade Cooley and Trigger
    Dec 6, 1940
    Singing cowboy Ray Whitley performs a series of songs he co-wrote with Fred Rose in the debut of "The Fargo Kid"
    Dec 12, 1940
    "Pony Post," starring Johnny Mack Brown, debuts in movie theaters. The soundtrack features songs by Jimmy Wakely & His Roughriders, including Johnny Bond
    Dec 30, 1940
    The ninth Tex Ritter film of the year, "Rollin' Home To Texas," opens, with Ritter singing "Wabash Cannonball." Also in the cast: Eddie Dean, Walter Shrum and songwriter Hal Blair
    Jan 4, 1941
    "Trail Of The Silver Spurs" debuts in movie theaters, with "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" songwriter Eddie Dean in a minor role
    Jan 14, 1941
    Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes are the good guys in "Robin Hood Of The Pecos," which debuts on the big screen. Spade Cooley has a cameo appearance as a Civil War-era soldier
    Jan 24, 1941
    Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette star as "Ridin' On A Rainbow" debuts at movie theaters. Autry sings "Be Honest With Me"



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