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    • Jun 26, 1940
    Moises "Blondie" Calderon is born in Del Rio, Texas. He spends 34 years as a piano player and bandleader for Ray Price
    Jul 8, 1940
    Bass player Joe B. Mauldin is born in Lubbock, Texas. As a member of The Crickets, he has a role in such Buddy Holly pop hits as "Maybe Baby" and "Peggy Sue." Mauldin also plays on Billy Walker's 1957 country hit "On My Mind Again"
    Jul 26, 1940
    Lawrence Brown is born in Simonton, Texas. Under the stage name Dobie Gray, he nets a million-selling pop single in 1973 with "Drift Away" and writes John Conlee's 1986 country hit "Got My Heart Set On You"
    Nov 4, 1940
    Blues-rock singer Delbert McClinton is born in Lubbock, Texas. McClinton teams with Tanya Tucker on the 1993 duet "Tell Me About It" and writes Emmylou Harris' 1978 hit "Two More Bottles Of Wine"
    Nov 28, 1940
    Pop singer and songwriter Bruce Channel is born in Jacksonville, Texas. He composes and sings the original version of "Hey! Baby!," covered as a country hit by Anne Murray. He also co-writes hits for Janie Fricke, T.G. Sheppard and John Conlee
    Dec 2, 1940
    Ernest Tubb is listed for the first time as a performer on Fort Worth radio station KGKO, a job that helps launch him to prominence
    Dec 27, 1940
    Songwriter Darrell Staedtler is born in Llano, Texas. He writes George Strait's "A Fire I Can't Put Out" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Love The Blues And The Boogie Woogie," plus a pair of 1960s hits by The Wilburn Brothers
    Jan 9, 1941
    Roy Head is born in Three Rivers, Texas. His pop hit "Treat Her Right," becomes a Top 15 country single for Barbara Mandrell, who remakes it as "Treat Him Right." Head lands more than 20 records on the Billboard country chart in 11 years, beginning in 1974, though none moves higher than #16
    Feb 24, 1941
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Twin Guitar Special" in Dallas
    Feb 26, 1941
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Take Me Back To Tulsa" in Dallas
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