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Oct 4, 1944
Songwriter Larry Collins is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His credits include Tanya Tucker's "Pecos Promenade" and "Delta Dawn," and David Frizzell & Shelly West's "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
Oct 8, 1944
Kate Smith introduces the country to the Cole Porter/Bob Fletcher tune "Don't Fence Me In" during a radio broadcast. In short order, the song is a pop hit for Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, and a country hit for Gene Autry
Oct 8, 1944
Susan Raye is born in Eugene, Oregon. An associate of Buck Owens and a member of the "Hee Haw" cast in the 1970s, she nets several hits during the decade, including her best-known work "L.A. International Airport"
Oct 9, 1944
The Bob Crosby movie "The Singing Sheriff" appears in theaters, with Spade Cooley and his band providing music
Oct 16, 1944
Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans record "Oklahoma Hills" in Hollywood
Oct 17, 1944
Carol Cole is born in West Medford, Massachusetts, just months after Nat "King" Cole made a couple of unlikely appearances on an early version of Billboard's country charts. The singer subsequently adopts her
Oct 25, 1944
Kathy Nivert is born in Washington, D.C. Under the name Taffy Danoff, she writes John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)." She also founds The Starland Vocal Band, whose pop hit "Afternoon Delight" is remade as a country single by Johnny Carver
Oct 26, 1944
Decca releases a double-sided hit by Floyd Tillman & His Favorite Playboys: "Each Night At Nine" backed with "G.I. Blues"
Oct 29, 1944
Billy Grammer marries Ruth Burzynsky at a Baptist church in Rend City, Illinois
Oct 31, 1944
The western "I'm From Arkansas" debuts in movie theaters. Music is provided by Carolina Cotton and Jimmy Wakely, who performs "You Are My Sunshine" with the backing group The Sunshine Girls, including Mary Ford
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