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    • Oct 10, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Anticipation Blues" with Merle Travis on guitar at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood
    Oct 11, 1949
    On her 17th birthday, Dottie West--then known as Dorothy Marsh--breaks down in the principal's office and admits her father has been raping her for years. Her father is sentenced to 40 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary
    Oct 14, 1949
    Little Jimmy Dickens records "A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed" during the afternoon at Nashville's Castle Recording Studio
    Oct 15, 1949
    Gloria Richardson is born in Lynchburg, Virginia. Married to B.J. Thomas in 1968, she also writes his country hit "New Looks From An Old Lover"
    Oct 17, 1949
    Bass player Jeff "Stick" Davis is born in Washington, Indiana. He joins The Amazing Rhythm Aces, contributing to all three of the group's 1970s hits: "Third Rate Romance," "Amazing Grace (Used To Be Her Favorite Song)" and "The End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
    Oct 18, 1949
    Stuart Hamblen has a born-again experience during a Billy Graham tent crusade in the streets of Los Angeles
    Oct 18, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Mule Train" at Capitol's Melrose studios in Los Angeles, with Merle Travis mimicking the sound of a whip by running a quasi-whistle through an echo chamber
    Oct 22, 1949
    The Associated Press reports Gene Autry is selling his 50% interest in Santa Monica radio station KOWL
    Oct 22, 1949
    Bill Monroe records in Nashville for the first time, at the Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel. The session includes "Can't You Hear Me Callin'," later the title for a Monroe biography. It also marks the first time Mac Wiseman records with Monroe
    Oct 24, 1949
    The Three Suns record "Beyond The Sunset" with Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt at the RCA Studios in New York
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