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    • Oct 8, 1951
    Carl Butler has his first solo recording session, for Capitol Records
    Oct 8, 1951
    Hank Snow records "Music Makin' Mama From Memphis" and "The Gold Rush Is Over" during the evening in Nashville
    Oct 11, 1951
    Paulette Carlson is born in Northfield, Minnesota. She becomes the sassy lead vocalist for Highway 101, essential on such hits as "The Bed You Made For Me," "Somewhere Tonight" and "Cry, Cry, Cry"
    Oct 12, 1951
    Johnnie & Jack record "Three Ways Of Knowing" and "Ashes Of Love"
    Oct 15, 1951
    Racing horses, bandits and a gypsy are all part of the action with the debut of the Roy Rogers movie "South Of Caliente," also featuring Dale Evans and Pat Brady
    Oct 15, 1951
    There's gold in them thar hills! Rex Allen races a gang of thugs to a mine in the plot of "Utah Wagon Train," which makes its debut in theaters. Allen's renditions include the classic "The Streets of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament)"
    Oct 15, 1951
    "Slaughter Trail" debuts in movie theaters, with vocal appearances by Rosemary Clooney and by songwriter Terry Gilkyson, who wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit from the previous year, "The Call Of The Wild Goose"
    Oct 16, 1951
    Little Richard holds his first recording session, at WGST Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. He goes on to write two songs that become country hits: Waylon Jennings' "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Slippin' And Slidin'"
    Oct 16, 1951
    Ray Price records the first version of the Hank Williams song "Weary Blues From Waitin'" at Dallas' Jim Beck Studio. Williams' version becomes a hit posthumously
    Oct 18, 1951
    Red Foley records "Salty Dog Rag"
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