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    • Sep 30, 1936
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Right Or Wrong" in Chicago
    Nov 28, 1936
    Less than four months after their marriage, Bob Wills' second wife, the former Ruth McMaster, files for divorce, citing extreme mental cruelty
    May 22, 1937
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time
    Jan 1, 1938
    Bob Wills marries Mary Helen Brown, the widow of Wills' best friend, Milton Brown
    Jun 3, 1938
    Barely five months since the marriage, Bob Wills and the former Mary Helen Brown are divorced. Within months, they re-marry, but only after he writes the forlorn "I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do"
    Sep 8, 1938
    Weeks after they re-married, Bob Wills and Mary Helen Wills are officially separated. She waits nearly eight months to file for divorce
    Nov 28, 1938
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "San Antonio Rose" and "Whoa Babe" in Dallas
    Nov 29, 1938
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Ida Red" and "Liza Pull Down The Shades" in Dallas, Texas. In addition to becoming a western swing classic, "Ida Red" inspires Chuck Berry to write "Maybellene"
    Jun 20, 1939
    A little more than a year after their first divorce, Bob Wills and Mary Helen Wills are granted their second divorce, after she charges him with mental cruelty
    Jul 22, 1939
    Barely a month since his fourth divorce, Bob Wills marries his fifth wife, 16-year-old Mary Louise Parker
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