Nov 12, 1947

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Keeper Of My Heart" and "Thorn In My Heart" at Hollywood's Radio Recorders

Nov 17, 1947

Al Dexter and his Troopers record "Calico Rag" at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles

Nov 25, 1947

Merle Travis records "Crazy Boogie" at Hollywood's Radio Recorders

Nov 26, 1947

The Santa Claus Lane parade proceeds in Los Angeles with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy all riding horses down Hollywood Boulevard

Dec 5, 1947

Jim Messina is born in Maywood, California. He becomes a founding member of two major country-rock bands, Buffalo Springfield and Poco, and later joins Kenny Loggins in Loggins & Messina. Messina writes Lynn Anderson's "Listen To A Country Song"

Dec 10, 1947

Bud Hobbs and His Trail Herders record the Sheb Wooley-penned songs "Lazy Mary" and "I Heard About You" at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles

Dec 13, 1947

Hank Thompson records "The Green Light," "Yesterday's Mail," "I Find You Cheatin' On Me," "You Broke My Heart (In Tiny Little Pieces)" and "What Are We Gonna Do About The Moonlight" at the Capitol Lounge in Hollywood

Dec 14, 1947

Johnny Bond records "Oklahoma Waltz" at the Columbia Studios in Hollywood

Dec 26, 1947

Gene Autry records "Buttons And Bows" at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles

Dec 30, 1947

Tex Ritter records "Rock And Rye" and "Pecos Bill" at Los Angeles' Radio Recorders