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Mar 1, 1949
The Stanley Brothers hold their first Columbia recording session at the Castle Studio in Nashville's Tulane Hotel. The date includes "Little Glass Of Wine," used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
Mar 1, 1949
Hank Williams records "Mind Your Own Business," "Honky Tonk Blues," "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" and "Lost Highway" at Nashville's Castle Recording Studio. He records the final version of "Honky Tonk Blues" 33 months later
Mar 5, 1949
Eddy Arnold climbs into the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle"
Mar 5, 1949
A photograph of Roy Acuff appears in Collier's magazine. In 2003, the image serves as the basis for a U.S. postage stamp
Mar 7, 1949
Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys record "Tennessee Tears" during a morning session at Chicago's RCA Studio A
Mar 8, 1949
Hank Snow has his first American recording session at RCA Studio A in Chicago. Producer Steve Sholes declines an opportunity to cut "I'm Moving On." Instead, the session yields Snow's first charted single, "Marriage Vow"
Mar 9, 1949
Hank Penny records "Bloodshot Eyes" in Los Angeles with steel player Speedy West
Mar 12, 1949
Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins is born in Swansea, Wales. After his career with the pop/rock band, he backs Bonnie Tyler on the country crossover hit "It's A Heartache"
Mar 12, 1949
Keyboard player Bill Payne is born in Waco, Texas. A co-founder of the rock band Little Feat, he also plays on such country hits as Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love" and Emmylou Harris' "Mister Sandman"
Mar 13, 1949
Jimmy Wakely supports a former inmate trying to go straight in the western "Gun Law Justice." During the film, Wakely duets with fellow singing cowboy Ray Whitley
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