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Dec 2, 1943
Decca releases Ernest Tubb's "Try Me One More Time"
Dec 6, 1943
The John Wayne western "In Old Oklahoma" opens with Dale Evans in a supporting role as a saloon singer
Dec 7, 1943
Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie begins his second round of World War II service on a ship, signing up with the S.S. Oliver Hazard Perry. Three days later, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie is transferred to the S.S. Woodrow Wilson
Dec 9, 1943
Kenny Vance, of the pop group Jay & The Americans, is born in Brooklyn, New York. The band's 1964 hit "Come A Little Bit Closer" gets revamped for the country charts in 1977 by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Dec 10, 1943
Rose Maddox has her only child, Donald Douglas Hale, in Modesto, California
Dec 12, 1943
Guitarist Dickey Betts, of The Allman Brothers Band, is born in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Allmans influence many country acts, and Betts co-writes one of Mickey Gilley's hits, "Your Memory Ain't What It Used To Be"
Dec 15, 1943
Songwriter and pianist Thomas "Fats" Waller dies on a train near Kansas City. He wrote numerous Broadway show tunes, including "Ain't Misbehavin'," penned while he was in jail for non-payment of alimony. The song will become a country hit in 1986 for Hank Williams Jr.
Dec 18, 1943
Guitarist Keith Richards is born in Dartford, England. With The Rolling Stones, he performs on their 1964 single "It's All Over Now," which John Anderson remakes as a country hit in 1985. Richards also records with George Jones in 1994
Dec 20, 1943
"I'm Praying For The Day That Peace Will Come" becomes the first Hank Williams title copyrighted by the U.S. government
Dec 21, 1943
Guitarist Albert Lee is born in Leominster, England. Lee writes Ricky Skaggs' hit "Country Boy," and performs on hits by Emmylou Harris, Brother Phelps and Rosanne Cash, as well as the "Trio" album
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