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    • Oct 16, 1947
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Texarkana Baby" in Chicago
    Oct 18, 1947
    "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" songwriter Chuck Berry is released from prison in Missouri, after serving three years for armed robbery
    Oct 19, 1947
    Frank Sinatra records "All Of Me" in New York City. His pop hit will be revived by Willie Nelson in the 1978 country album "Stardust"
    Oct 21, 1947
    Roy Acuff performs at the City Auditorium in Saginaw, Michigan, where the opening act is a local band, fronted by Little Jimmy Dickens. Acuff says he will try to get Dickens on the Grand Ole Opry, which he does exactly four months later
    Oct 23, 1947
    Beechcraft delivers a single-engine plane to the Butler Company of Chicago. Nearly a dozen years later, the plane crashes, killing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper, who had taken Waylon Jennings' seat
    Oct 27, 1947
    Jerry Irby And His Texas Ranchers record "Cryin' In My Beer" and "Great Long Pistol" at Los Angeles' Radio Recorders
    Oct 27, 1947
    Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, including Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, record "Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong," "It's Mighty Dark To Travel" and "Blue Grass Breakdown" in Chicago
    Oct 28, 1947
    Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, featuring Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, record "Little Community Church" and "When You Are Lonely" in Chicago
    Oct 30, 1947
    The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit is born in Sacramento, California. He replaces Randy Meisner in the group in time to play on the 1979 album "The Long Run." The band is celebrated with the 1993 tribute album "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
    Oct 30, 1947
    Bob Wills records "Bubbles In My Beer" during his first MGM recording session at Hollywood's Radio Recorders. He also cuts "Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age," which becomes a hit for Ernest Tubb & Red Foley two years later
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