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    • Dec 20, 1944
    Ignoring a recording ban by Canada's musicians' union, Hank Snow cuts the first of 18 songs over four days at Montreal's Victor Studio. They include one of his biggest Canadian hits, "You Played Love On The Strings Of My Heart"
    Dec 21, 1944
    The Charles Starrett western "Saddle Leather Law" debuts in movie theaters. The picture's cast includes Lloyd Bridges, Jimmy Wakely and Floyd "Salty" Holmes, formerly of The Prairie Ramblers
    Dec 23, 1944
    Tex Ritter launches a six-week ride at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I'm Wastin' My Tears On You"
    Dec 23, 1944
    The Broadway revue "Laffing Room Only" debuts at New York's Winter Garden Theatre. The production introduces the song "Feudin' And Fightin'," which becomes a country hit in 1947 for two different artists: Dorothy Shay and Jo Stafford
    Dec 23, 1944
    The musical "Lake Placid Serenade" debuts in movie houses. The picture, which revolves around a Czechoslovakian ice skater working in the U.S., features Roy Rogers in a secondary role
    Dec 24, 1944
    Record executive Mike Curb is born in Savannah, Georgia. Curb produces some of Hank Williams Jr.'s early hits, and founds Curb Records, whose successes include Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Wynonna and Lee Brice
    Dec 25, 1944
    Record producer Emory Gordy Jr. is born in Atlanta. The bass player on Elvis Presley's "Burning Love," he goes on to produce his wife, Patty Loveless, plus Alabama, Aaron Tippin, Steve Earle and The Bellamy Brothers, among others
    Dec 26, 1944
    Okeh releases Gene Autry's double-sided hit, "Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas" and "Don't Fence Me In"
    Dec 27, 1944
    Blues and country singer Tracy Nelson is born in Madison, Wisconsin. She's no relation to Willie Nelson, but she records a duet with him, "After The Fire Is Gone," that earns the duo a country Grammy nomination in 1975
    Dec 28, 1944
    Some 10 years after their first recording session, The Sons Of The Pioneers sign a contract with RCA Victor
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