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    • Mar 22, 1949
    Bing Crosby records "Riders In The Sky," becoming one of four artists to have a pop hit with the future Johnny Cash number during 1949
    Apr 15, 1949
    "Home In San Antone," starring Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys, opens in movie houses. Guitarist Doye O'Dell has a minor role
    Apr 16, 1949
    The Lash LaRue movie "Son Of A Badman" premieres. Doye O'Dell, one year removed from his hit "Dear Oakie," has a secondary part
    Apr 19, 1949
    The Gene Autry movie "The Big Sombrero" debuts in theaters, with Autry playing a ranch manager. He sings eight songs during the course of the movie, including the Louise Massey hit "My Adobe Hacienda"
    Apr 20, 1949
    Gene Autry receives a key to the city from mayor Tom Price in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he performs two shows at the McNeese Auditorium
    Apr 21, 1949
    Roy Rogers has his handprints embedded in concrete in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. His horse, Trigger, also has its hoof prints cast for posterity
    Apr 25, 1949
    Decca releases Bing Crosby's "Riders In The Sky." The song is destined to become a Johnny Cash hit in 1979
    Apr 28, 1949
    The Sons Of The Pioneers record "Room Full Of Roses" in an afternoon session at the RCA Victor Studio in Los Angeles
    Apr 29, 1949
    Two years after she last co-starred with her husband, Dale Evans returns to the cast of a Roy Rogers movie with the debut of "Susanna Pass." Also featured are Foy Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage
    May 5, 1949
    Save a horse, play a cowboy: The Hoosier Hot Shots are out to protect an animal as "Arkansas Swing" debuts in movie theaters



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