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    • Nov 13, 1947
    J.C. Crowley is born in Houston, Texas. A member of the pop group Player, best known for its 1977 hit "Baby Come Back," he builds a short solo career in country music, gaining a minor hit in 1988 with "Paint The Town And Hang The Moon Tonight"
    Nov 15, 1947
    Merle Travis receives a key to the city of Drakesboro, Kentucky, where a parade is held in his honor
    Nov 15, 1947
    Barbara and Louise Mandrell's mother, Mary Ellen McGill, quits school at age 16 to marry Irby Mandrell
    Nov 17, 1947
    Al Dexter and his Troopers record "Calico Rag" at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles
    Nov 18, 1947
    Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys record "Unloved And Unclaimed" and "This World Can't Stand Long" at radio station WBBM in Chicago
    Nov 18, 1947
    The Louvin Brothers hold their first recording session, for Apollo Records, at Nashville's Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel
    Nov 19, 1947
    Gene Autry buys Phoenix radio station KOOL for nearly $250,000
    Nov 19, 1947
    Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys record "The Waltz Of The Wind" and "A Sinner's Death" at radio station WBBM in Chicago
    Nov 20, 1947
    Music journalist Martha Hume is born in Stearns, Kentucky. She becomes the editor for Country Music magazine and authors the books "Kenny Rogers: Gambler, Dreamer, Lover" and "You're So Cold I'm Turnin' Blue: Martha Hume's Guide To The Greatest In Country Music"
    Nov 20, 1947
    Rock guitarist Joe Walsh is born in Wichita, Kansas. After working in The James Gang and as a solo artist, he joins the country-rock band The Eagles. The band is honored in a 1993 tribute album, "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
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