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Apr 1, 1947
Decca releases Ernest Tubb's double-sided hit "Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)" and "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"
Apr 1, 1947
"Twilight On The Rio Grande" debuts in movie theaters. The western features Gene Autry and his horse, Champion
Apr 2, 1947
Emmylou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama. After attaining commercial success, she edges into what becomes an alt.country career, gaining numerous Grammy awards and a 2008 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Apr 3, 1947
Roy Acuff delivers a one-hour show for patients at the V.A. Hospital in Tucson
Apr 3, 1947
John Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, has his second son, Stanley Stoneman
Apr 7, 1947
Henry Ford dies at his home in Dearborn, Michigan. Twenty-six years later, Jerry Reed revives his memory as he lampoons a gas crisis in "Lord, Mr. Ford"
Apr 7, 1947
Columbia releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' "Sugar Moon"
Apr 7, 1947
Patricia Bennett is born in The Bronx. She becomes a founding member of The Chiffons, a girl group that gains a 1963 pop hit with "He's So Fine," destined for a country revival in 1971 by Jody Miller
Apr 8, 1947
Songwriters Boudleaux and Felice Bryant have a son, Dane Bryant, in Milwaukee
Apr 12, 1947
Good guy Eddie Dean is caught up in an Old West diamond heist with the movie debut of "West To Glory"
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