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    • Jan 14, 1929
    Billy Walker is born in Ralls, Texas. Shuffling the #1 "Charlie's Shoes" among 16 Top 10 hits, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1960
    Aug 9, 1949
    Billy Walker holds his first recording session, for Capitol Records, at radio station WBAP in Fort Worth, Texas. Among the musicians is Howdy Forrester, destined to become a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Feb 11, 1951
    Billy Walker holds his first recording session in a new agreement with Columbia Records, at the Jim Beck Recording Studio in Dallas
    Mar 15, 1954
    Billy Walker records "Thank You For Calling" in a morning session at the Jim Beck Studio in Dallas
    Jul 30, 1954
    Elvis Presley makes his first advertised concert appearance, playing with Slim Whitman, Billy Walker and The Louvin Brothers at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis
    Apr 8, 1957
    Billy Walker records "On My Mind Again" with two members of The Crickets at the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, New Mexico
    Apr 28, 1959
    Billy Walker becomes the first artist to record a Willie Nelson song, cutting "The Storm Within My Heart" at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville
    Nov 2, 1959
    Billy Walker records "Farewell Party" in a late-night session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. The song has to wait another 20 years to become a hit
    Jan 1, 1960
    Billy Walker joins the Grand Ole Opry
    Apr 21, 1961
    Billy Walker makes his first attempt at recording "Charlie's Shoes," in a morning session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. He also cuts the first version of "Funny How Time Slips Away"
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