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    • Dec 1, 1940
    James Uzzell is born in LaGrange, North Carolina. He's a founding member of the R&B vocal group The Corsairs, whose 1961 hit "Smoky Places" gets remade for the country audience in 1969 by Billy Walker
    Dec 2, 1940
    Ernest Tubb is listed for the first time as a performer on Fort Worth radio station KGKO, a job that helps launch him to prominence
    Dec 3, 1940
    Bing Crosby records "Lone Star Trail" in Los Angeles. The pop hit is the first recording of any song written by future Country Music Hall of Famer Cindy Walker
    Dec 4, 1940
    Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy and Tex Ritter are among a number of Hollywood cowboys who team up for a live radio broadcast to raise money for British children victimized by Nazi bombing raids
    Dec 5, 1940
    "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" rides again: Six years after introducing the song, The Sons Of The Pioneers resurrect "Tumbleweeds" in the debut of another Charles Starrett western, "Thundering Frontier"
    Dec 5, 1940
    Roy Rogers plays a doctor from the East as "The Border Legion" hits the big screen, with additional appearances by Gabby Hayes, Spade Cooley and Trigger
    Dec 6, 1940
    Singing cowboy Ray Whitley performs a series of songs he co-wrote with Fred Rose in the debut of "The Fargo Kid"
    Dec 6, 1940
    OKeh releases Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys' "Big Beaver"
    Dec 12, 1940
    "Pony Post," starring Johnny Mack Brown, debuts in movie theaters. The soundtrack features songs by Jimmy Wakely & His Roughriders, including Johnny Bond
    Dec 16, 1940
    Eight months after Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys recorded it, Bing Crosby remakes "New San Antonio Rose" in Hollywood. His version becomes a pop hit, backed by a remake of "It Makes No Difference Now," recorded at the same session
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