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    • Oct 10, 1936
    Hank Snow holds his first recording session, upstairs in a vacant church in Montreal. The two songs he records that day, "Prisoned Cowboy" and "Lonesome Blue Yodel," become his first single. His first royalty check: $1.96
    Oct 11, 1936
    Hank Snow signs his first recording contract with the Canadian division of RCA
    Oct 16, 1936
    The western "Hopalong Cassidy Returns" has its debut, with the film's hero investigating the murder of a miner. "Back In The Saddle Again" songwriter Ray Whitley has a minor part in the picture
    Oct 18, 1936
    Bill Monroe marries Carolyn Brown in Spartanburg, South Carolina
    Oct 20, 1936
    Seth Joplin marries Dorothy East in Port Arthur, Texas. They have a daughter, Janis Joplin, whose version of "Me And Bobby McGee" is recognized among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 21, 1936
    Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tennesseans record "Wabash Cannonball" at the Furniture Mart Building in Chicago, Illinois. Sam "Dynamite" Hatcher sings lead while Acuff whistles in the background
    Oct 24, 1936
    Bass player Bill Wyman is born in Penge, Great Britain. He becomes a member of The Rolling Stones, whose early single "It's All Over Now" is remade by John Anderson as a country hit
    Oct 26, 1936
    Elmo Shropshire is born in Lexington, Kentucky. He becomes one-half of the duo Elmo & Patsy, whose Christmas novelty "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" emerges as a weird annual tradition beginning in 1979
    Oct 26, 1936
    Session guitarist Al Casey is born in Long Beach, California. Working on the West Coast, he appears on recordings by The Beach Boys and by Glen Campbell, including "Wichita Lineman," "Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife" and "Galveston"
    Oct 26, 1936
    Roy Acuff holds his first recording session with his band, The Crazy Tennesseans, cutting "The Great Speckled Bird" at the Furniture Mart Building in Chicago
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