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    • Oct 20, 1952
    Capitol releases Sonny James' first hit, "That's Me Without You"
    Oct 20, 1952
    "South Pacific Trail" appears in movie theaters, with Rex Allen, Slim Pickens and The Republic Rhythm Riders, including woodwind player Darol Rice
    Oct 20, 1952
    Decca releases Red Foley's "Midnight"
    Oct 21, 1952
    Keyboard player Brent Mydland is born in Munich, Germany. He joins the rock band The Grateful Dead in 1979. The group will be referenced in the 1996 Lonestar country hit "No News"
    Oct 22, 1952
    R&B singer Carl Carlton is born in Detroit, Michigan. He earns a 1974 hit with the Nashville-originated "Everlasting Love," which becomes a country hit five years later for Narvel Felts
    Oct 24, 1952
    Mark Gray is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Briefly a member of Exile, he pens Janie Fricke's "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" and Alabama's "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get." Gray also records three 1984 solo hits and a duet hit with Tammy Wynette, "Sometimes When We Touch"
    Oct 27, 1952
    Willie Nelson marries Jewel Matthews in Cleburne, Texas
    Oct 28, 1952
    Not quite one year after the death of his first wife, Red Foley marries TV personality Sally Sweet in Iuka, Mississippi
    Oct 28, 1952
    Billie Jean Eshliman's divorce from Harrison Eshliman is finalized--10 days after she married Hank Williams
    Oct 31, 1952
    Hank Williams checks into a Shreveport hospital with acute intoxication
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