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Nov 1, 1938
Decca releases Jimmie Davis' "Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland"
Nov 3, 1938
Roy Acuff records "The House Of The Rising Sun." Dolly Parton has a country hit with the song in 1981
Nov 5, 1938
The western movie "Rhythm Of The Saddle" debuts with stars Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Autry serves as the foreman at a rodeo ranch in economic straits
Nov 6, 1938
Jimmie Davis records "It Makes No Difference Now" in Los Angeles
Nov 8, 1938
W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel is elected governor of Texas. O'Daniel founded The Light Crust Doughboys, a western swing band that represented a Fort Worth flour mill. The band helped establish Milton Brown and Bob Wills
Nov 9, 1938
Hank Penny holds his first recording session, for the American Record Corporation
Nov 11, 1938
Narvel Felts is born near Kaiser, Arkansas. The rockabilly-tinged singer notches a handful of hits in the mid-1970s, including country remakes of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" and Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops"
Nov 12, 1938
Francis Craig writes the Vanderbilt fight song, "Dynamite," three days before a football game against Tennessee. Craig goes on to write the 1947 pop hit "Near You," which becomes a country hit in 1977 for George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Nov 15, 1938
Vanderbilt uses its fight song, "Dynamite," for the first time in Knoxville against state football rival Tennessee. The song is written by Francis Craig, who also writes the 1947 pop hit "Near You," a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
Nov 16, 1938
Songwriter Troy Seals is born in Big Hill, Kentucky. His credits include Eddy Raven's "Joe Knows How To Live," Conway Twitty's "Don't Take It Away," George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" and John Schneider's "Country Girls," among others
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