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Nov 12, 1944
Booker T. Jones is born in Memphis. The namesake of "Green Onions" R&B act Booker T. & The MG's, he produces Willie Nelson's album "Stardust"
Nov 16, 1944
Chuck Berry, a future member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, pleads guilty in Boone County, Missouri, for using a gun to steal a car. He and three friends are sentenced to 10 years in prison. He serves three years
Nov 18, 1944
Former Grand Ole Opry comedian Lee "Lasses" White is a solemn ol' judge as the gold-rush movie "Alaska" debuts in theaters
Nov 21, 1944
"The Roy Rogers Show" makes its radio debut on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The Sons Of The Pioneers are part of the cast
Nov 22, 1944
Elton Britt records "I'm A Convict With Old Glory In My Heart" in New York City
Nov 27, 1944
The Chicago Bridge & Iron Company launches the USS LST-855 from Seneca, Illinois. Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley's future guitarist, serves on the ship in Tsingtao, China, during the 1940s
Nov 28, 1944
Soul singer R.B. Greaves is born in Georgetown, British Guyana. A nephew of Sam Cooke, he nets a pop hit in 1969 with "Take A Letter Maria," revamped as a country hit the following year by Anthony Armstrong Jones
Nov 29, 1944
Gene Autry records "Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas," "I'll Be Back" and "Don't Fence Me In" at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles. The latter song appears in the movie "Hollywood Canteen"
Nov 30, 1944
Roy Rogers and Trigger take a secondary role in the movie debut of "Brazil"
Nov 30, 1944
R&B singer Luther Ingram is born in Jackson, Tennessee. He records the original version of "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right," remade as a 1979 country hit by Barbara Mandrell
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