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Jul 3, 1938
Guitarist Paul Barrere is born in Burbank, California. He plays with Little Feat on soundtrack recordings by Travis Tritt and Vince Gill
Jul 3, 1938
"Gold Mine In The Sky" debuts in movie theaters with a cast that features Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and Pee Wee King & His Gold West Cowboys. Autry plays a ranch foreman obliged to shepherd the marriage of a late friend's heiress-daughter
Jul 5, 1938
Songwriter Ronnie Self is born in Tin Town, Missouri. Best known for penning Brenda Lee's 1960 single "I'm Sorry," he writes two more pop hits for her, plus Billy Walker's 1963 country hit "Circumstances"
Jul 8, 1938
Tex Ritter stars in the debut of "Rollin' Plains," with cattle ranchers and sheep ranchers squaring off. The western's supporting cast includes The Beverly Hill Billies
Jul 10, 1938
Songwriter/guitarist Dave Kirby is born in Brady, Texas. A nephew of Big Bill Lister, he authors "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone" and "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang," playing on hits by George Strait, Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton, among others
Jul 11, 1938
Bing Crosby records the western song "Mexicali Rose," generating a pop hit with the Gene Autry-associated number
Jul 12, 1938
"Utah Trail" debuts, starring Tex Ritter, who finds that outlaws have killed a railroad owner. Among the film's musical cowboys is guitarist Rudy Sooter
Jul 13, 1938
With Texas gubernatorial candidate W. Lee O'Daniel invoking the name of late western-swing pioneer Milton Brown in campaign speeches, Brown's father, Barty, prints up fliers distancing his son from his former employer, saying O'Daniel was "insincere" and paid "starvation wages"
Jul 19, 1938
Margaret Waters, of the comedy act Sarie & Sally, is felled by an illness, forcing Edna "Sarie" Umensetter to appear solo on the Grand Ole Opry for three months
Jul 19, 1938
Ernest Tubb's second son, Rodger Dale Tubb, is born in San Angelo, Texas. The baby dies in an auto accident just seven weeks later while his mother is driving
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