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Oct 3, 1949
Columbia releases Stuart Hamblen's first single for the label, "(I Won't Go Huntin', Jake) But I'll Go Chasin' Women"
Oct 3, 1949
Coral releases The Owen Bradley Quintet's "Blues Stay Away From Me"
Oct 3, 1949
Guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham is born in Palo Alto, California. He joins Fleetwood Mac, which has two songs remade as country hits: "Say You Love Me," by Stephanie Winslow; and "Landslide," by The Dixie Chicks
Oct 5, 1949
Pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born in Dallas. His initials taken from the nickname "Buck Wheat," Stevenson grabs a Top 10 hit in 1973 with "My Maria," which Brooks & Dunn tackle for the country genre in 1996
Oct 7, 1949
Kieran Kane is born in Queens, New York. He has moderate commercial success as a solo artist in the early-1980s before joining with Jamie O'Hara to form The O'Kanes. In the 1990s, he co-founds Dead Reckoning Records, an artist-owned indie label
Oct 8, 1949
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely reach the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "Slipping Around"
Oct 8, 1949
Guitarist Jay Graydon is born in Burbank, California. Known for his work with such pop acts as Steely Dan, Chaka Khan, Christopher Cross and George Benson, he also contributes to Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again" and "Two Doors Down"
Oct 8, 1949
Merle and Judy Travis have a daughter, Marlene Roberta Travis
Oct 9, 1949
Pop singer/songwriter Rod Temperton is born in Cleethorpes, England. The author of hits by Michael Jackson, The Brothers Johnson and George Benson, he also writes Heatwave's "Always And Forever," referenced in Bryan White's 1996 country hit "That's Another Song"
Oct 10, 1949
Decca releases Ernest Tubb's double-sided holiday single, "Blue Christmas" backed with "White Christmas"
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