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Dec 23, 1940
Singer/songwriter Eugene Record is born in Chicago. As a member of the R&B group The Chi-Lites, he writes the 1972 hit "Oh Girl," remade 10 years later for the country audience by Con Hunley
Dec 24, 1940
Songwriter Billy Hill dies in a Boston hotel room. His writing successes include Jimmie Rodgers' "Prairie Lullaby" and Ernest Tubb's "Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)"
Dec 27, 1940
Songwriter Darrell Staedtler is born in Llano, Texas. He writes George Strait's "A Fire I Can't Put Out" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Love The Blues And The Boogie Woogie," plus a pair of 1960s hits by The Wilburn Brothers
Dec 30, 1940
The ninth Tex Ritter film of the year, "Rollin' Home To Texas," opens, with Ritter singing "Wabash Cannonball." Also in the cast: Eddie Dean, Walter Shrum and songwriter Hal Blair
Dec 31, 1940
Van Stoneman is born in Washington, D.C. The son of country innovator Pop Stoneman, he joins with five of his siblings to form The Stoneman Family, winning the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year award in 1967
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