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  • Jan 16, 1946
    Woodwind player Timmy Tappan is born. A musical director for Bobby Goldsboro, he writes the Lee Greenwood country hit "Fool's Gold"
    Jan 17, 1946
    Eddie Dean is hot on the heels of an escaped convict as the singing-cowboy movie "Wild Country" debuts in theaters
    Jan 19, 1946
    Dolly Parton is born in Sevier County, Tennessee. First gaining attention as a duet partner with Porter Wagoner, she melds a big personality with talents in performing, writing and acting on her way into in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 20, 1946
    Jack Anglin, of Johnnie & Jack, ends his World War II military service
    Jan 21, 1946
    Red Foley records "Harriet" with Roy Ross & His Ramblers
    Jan 21, 1946
    Skeets McDonald returns from military service, where he's served as a medic, the owner of a bronze star
    Jan 23, 1946
    A Los Angeles judge dismisses charges filed by Ruthie Reece, a singer in Spade Cooley's band who accused Cooley of attacking her in Glendale in November. The judge calls the 18-year-old's story "improbable"
    Jan 24, 1946
    Decca releases governor Jimmie Davis' "Grievin' My Heart Out For You"
    Jan 25, 1946
    Porter Wagoner gets married to Ruth Williams at the home of his sister, Lorraine, in West Plains, Missouri
    Jan 26, 1946
    Hank Williams returns to on-air duties at WSFA Radio in Montgomery, Alabama, where he had played five years before. He becomes a major attraction for the station

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