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    • Dec 11, 1944
    Brenda Lee is born at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Little Miss Dynamite becomes a major pop artist as a teenager in the 1960s but shifts into country music in the 1970s. She ends up in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997
    Dec 14, 1944
    "Rocky Top" songwriter Boudleaux Bryant joins the Musicians Union in Chicago
    Dec 15, 1944
    "The Old Texas Trail" appears in movie theaters, with a prominent role for Ray Whitley and a bit part for Merle Travis
    Dec 15, 1944
    Jim Reeves re-signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for approximately $100-a-month to pitch for their B-level farm team in Lynchburg, Virginia
    Dec 15, 1944
    Hank Williams marries Audrey Guy at a gas station outside Andalusia, Alabama
    Dec 15, 1944
    The movie "Hollywood Canteen" opens, with appearances by Roy Rogers, The Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Dorsey and Bette Davis. The film's music includes Gene Autry's "Don't Fence Me In" and The Sons Of The Pioneers' "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
    Dec 16, 1944
    The Battle of the Bulge begins in Europe. Future country star Hawkshaw Hawkins will earn four stars for his participation in the World War II offensive
    Dec 16, 1944
    Sax player Al Garth is born in Merced, California. In addition to playing on recordings by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Glenn Frey and Dan Fogelberg, he co-writes Lynn Anderson's 1972 hit "Listen To A Country Song" with Jim Messina
    Dec 19, 1944
    Zal Yanovsky is born in Toronto, Ontario. He co-founds the rock group The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 20, 1944
    Songwriter and ukulele player Johnny Marvin dies in North Hollywood, California. Best known for his 1926 pop hit "Breezin' Along With The Breeze," he co-wrote the 1938 Gene Autry hit "Dust" and appeared in many of Autry's cowboy movies
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