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Sep 1, 1943
Grandpa Jones and Merle Travis record the first music for Syd Nathan's new label, King Records, in Dayton, Ohio. They use assumed names to hide their identity from radio station WLW, which has them under contract
Sep 2, 1943
R&B singer Joe Simon is born in Simmesport, Louisiana. In 2003, the Country Music Foundation ranks his "The Chokin' Kind" among country's 500 greatest singles in its book "Heartaches By The Number"
Sep 4, 1943
Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers make their Grand Ole Opry debut. Williams' "Half As Much" later becomes a hit for Hank Williams
Sep 9, 1943
Roy Rogers and the smartest horse in the movies, Trigger, take part in San Francisco's Admission Day Parade
Sep 11, 1943
Drummer Mickey Hart is born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1967, he joins The Grateful Dead, a psychedelic rock band namechecked in the 1996 Lonestar hit "No News"
Sep 13, 1943
Drummer Jerry Carrigan is born in Florence, Alabama. After starting his career in Muscle Shoals, he moves to Nashville, appearing on hits by the likes of Eddy Arnold, Conway Twitty, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley and Tanya Tucker
Sep 15, 1943
"Hoosier Holiday" appears in movie theaters, with The Hoosier Hot Shots joining the Air Force. Others in the cast include Dale Evans, Shug Fisher and the Solemn Old Judge of the Grand Ole Opry, George D. Hay
Sep 21, 1943
Bass player David Hood is born in Sheffield, Alabama. As a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, he plays with The Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon. He also appears on country hits by T. Graham Brown, The Oak Ridge Boys, John Conlee and Willie Nelson
Sep 21, 1943
Bob Wills begins filming "Cowboy Canteen" in Hollywood with Tex Ritter, Jimmy Wakely and Roy Acuff
Sep 23, 1943
Guitarist Steve Boone is born in North Carolina. He joins the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
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