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Feb 1, 1936
The Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy picture "Rose Marie" is released nationally. With a Canadian Mountie backdrop, the film has Eddy performing the title track and both actors singing "Indian Love Call." Both songs are later remade by Slim Whitman
Feb 6, 1936
Hank and Minnie Snow have their only son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow, named for Dad's musical hero. The boy begins a recording career during the 1950s, but shifts into the role of an evangelist
Feb 11, 1936
Burt Reynolds is born in Waycross, Georgia. The movies "Smokey & The Bandit," "W.W. & The Dixie Dancekings" and "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" make him a friend to The Statler Brothers and Jerry Reed. He briefly dates Tammy Wynette
Feb 15, 1936
Bobby Barnett is born in Cushing, Oklahoma. He charts several times during the 1960s and '70s, landing a hit with 1968's "Love Me, Love Me"
Feb 17, 1936
The Delmore Brothers record "The Nashville Blues" in Charlotte. The song will be used in episode 2 of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
Feb 17, 1936
The Monroe Brothers, Bill and Charlie, hold their first recording session in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among the day's 10 songs: "My Long Journey Home," "What Would You Give In Exchange?" and "Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy"
Feb 27, 1936
Chuck Glaser is born in Spalding, Nebraska. A 1970 winner of the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year award, Tompall & The Glaser Brothers net hits in 1971 and 1981, and sing on Marty Robbins' "El Paso"
Feb 28, 1936
Dick Foran, in his role as The Singing Kid, avenges the death of his father in the wagon-trail picture "Song Of The Saddle," which debuts in theaters with musical input from Roy Rogers and The Sons Of The Pioneers
Feb 29, 1936
Keyboard player Charles Cochran is born in Midway, Pennsylvania. He becomes a prominent Nashville session musician, playing on hits by Crystal Gayle, Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Johnny Cash and Don Williams
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