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    • Nov 13, 1949
    Bandleader Vaughn Monroe performs "Riders In The Sky" on the Ed Sullivan-hosted "Toast Of The Town"
    Nov 13, 1949
    A Grand Ole Opry revue heads to Europe to entertain Air Force enlistees. The tour lineup includes Red Foley, Roy Acuff, Little Jimmy Dickens, Minnie Pearl, Rod Brasfield and Hank Williams
    Nov 14, 1949
    "The ABC Barn Dance" ends a nine-month run on prime-time TV, where it highlighted the stars of WLS Radio's "The National Barn Dance" in Chicago
    Nov 15, 1949
    Diamond smugglers challenge Roy Rogers in the movie debut of "The Golden Stallion." Rogers shares the big screen with Dale Evans, Pat Brady and Foy Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage
    Nov 15, 1949
    Ray Charles records in Los Angeles for the first time. His later recordings include 1962's "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" and a 1985 collaboration with Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels"
    Nov 16, 1949
    Mark Orr is born in Charlotte, Michigan. He joins The Kentucky HeadHunters as lead singer in 1992 when Doug Phelps and Ricky Lee Phelps leave the band
    Nov 16, 1949
    Songwriter and bluegrass musician Larry Cordle is born in Cordell, Kentucky. He pens Ricky Skaggs' "Highway 40 Blues," Diamond Rio's "Mama Don't Forget To Pray For Me" and George Strait & Alan Jackson's "Murder On Music Row," among others
    Nov 18, 1949
    Smiley Burnette is involved in a head-on collision while touring in Oklahoma
    Nov 18, 1949
    Hoagy Carmichael, the author of "Georgia On My Mind," plays himself in the movie "Johnny Holiday," which premieres in Indianapolis, Indiana
    Nov 18, 1949
    MGM releases Hank Williams' "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It." Lurking on the B side: the classic "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
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