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Dec 1, 1951
Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys take over the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Slow Poke"
Dec 1, 1951
Slim Whitman records "Indian Love Call" at the KWKH Studio in Shreveport, Louisiana. The song was introduced in the 1930s by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in the movie "Rose Marie"
Dec 2, 1951
The Randolph Scott western "Man In The Saddle" debuts in movie theaters, with Tennessee Ernie Ford singing the title song
Dec 3, 1951
The Maddox Brothers & Rose sign with Columbia Records
Dec 3, 1951
Hank Williams is sued for copyright infringement, charged with stealing the melody for "Cold, Cold Heart" from the T. Texas Tyler recording "You'll Still Be In My Heart"
Dec 4, 1951
Guitarist Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. In his teens, he becomes a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose "Sweet Home Alabama" receives billing in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 all-time greatest singles
Dec 7, 1951
Flying to Salt Lake City from California, where they filmed the movie "Rough, Tough West," Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys' airplane comes up missing in a snowstorm, and the media erroneously reports that the singer has died. The flight, it turns out, was diverted to Las Vegas, where it landed safely
Dec 10, 1951
Decca releases the Ernest Tubb and Red Foley duet "Too Old To Cut The Mustard"
Dec 10, 1951
Johnny Rodriguez is born in Sabinal, Texas. He becomes country's first mainstream star of Hispanic descent, emerging out of Tom T. Hall's band in 1972. He records numerous songs in Spanglish, with a line of hits that stretches from 1972-1983
Dec 10, 1951
Pee Wee King records "Silver And Gold" at Chicago's RCA Studio A
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