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    • Mar 18, 1946
    Merle Travis holds his first recording session for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, cutting "Cincinnati Lou" and "No Vacancy" at Radio Recorders
    Apr 30, 1946
    Capitol Records offers 95,000 shares of stock, so it can build a pressing plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania
    Jul 9, 1946
    Merle Travis records "Divorce Me C.O.D." and "Missouri" at Radio Recorders on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles
    Jul 24, 1946
    Tex Williams holds his first recording session for Capitol Records
    Jul 31, 1946
    Tex Ritter records "When You Leave Don't Slam The Door" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Aug 8, 1946
    Merle Travis records the original version of "Sixteen Tons," the future Tennessee Ernie Ford hit, at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Oct 12, 1946
    Merle Travis registers a #1 single on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of 14 total weeks with "Divorce Me C.O.D."
    Oct 19, 1946
    Merle Travis records "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" and "Three Times Seven" at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Jan 23, 1947
    Merle Travis records the hit version of "Steel Guitar Rag" in the evening at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Feb 8, 1947
    Merle Travis spends the first of 14 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"
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