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    • Jan 1, 1938
    Texas Ruby performs on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time, part of a duet act with husband-to-be Curly Fox
    Jan 1, 1938
    Bob Wills marries Mary Helen Brown, the widow of Wills' best friend, Milton Brown
    Jan 3, 1938
    Eddy Arnold makes his Memphis radio debut on WMPS. The live show, which pairs him with Speedy McNatt, lasts less than two weeks
    Jan 5, 1938
    Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee give birth to their fourth son, Lindsay Crosby, in California. Bing goes on to earn a country hit six years later with a duet version of "Pistol Packin' Mama," recorded with The Andrews Sisters
    Jan 14, 1938
    Allen Toussaint is born in New Orleans. The singer/producer/songwriter contributes to such pop hits as Lee Dorsey's "Ya Ya" and LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade," but also writes Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights" and Joe Stampley's "All These Things"
    Jan 14, 1938
    Eddy Arnold and Speedy McNatt are fired from their jobs as live performers on Memphis radio station WMPS less than two weeks after they started the gig
    Jan 14, 1938
    Billie Jo Spears is born in Beaumont, Texas. After working on The Louisiana Hayride as a teenager, she moves to Nashville in 1964, netting five Top 10 hits, including the #1 single "Blanket On The Ground"
    Jan 15, 1938
    Looking for a new employer, Eddy Arnold and Speedy McNatt visit WMC in Memphis. The program director has them record four songs at the Hotel Gayoso for their audition, marking the first time Arnold's voice is recorded
    Jan 16, 1938
    Eddy Arnold arrives in St. Louis, where he finds work on radio station KWK
    Jan 18, 1938
    Piano player Hargus "Pig" Robbins is born in Spring City, Tennessee. A key Nashville studio musician, he plays on Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors," Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" and Dolly Parton's "Jolene," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012
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