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Feb 1, 1943
Ernest Tubb's first movie, the western "Fighting Buckaroo," debuts in theaters. It features performances of "Walking The Floor Over You" and "Blue Eyed Elaine"
Feb 4, 1943
Record producer/keyboard player Barry Beckett is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He plays on hits by Bob Seger, Rodney Crowell and Willie Nelson, and produces country hits for Kenny Chesney, Lorrie Morgan, Alabama and Hank Williams Jr.
Feb 5, 1943
Universal Pictures releases "Tenting Tonight On The Old Camp Ground," starring Tex Ritter, with Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Bond. The story revolves around outlaws who attempt to prevent a road from being built
Feb 6, 1943
Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia have a daughter, Cathy Ann Guthrie, in Wilmington, Delaware
Feb 7, 1943
Tony Booth is born in Tampa, Florida. He enjoys three minor hits in 1972, including "The Key's In The Mailbox," and goes on to become the leader of Gene Watson's Farewell Party Band
Feb 9, 1943
R&B singer Barbara Lewis is born in South Lyon, Michigan. She earns a 1965 pop hit with "Baby, I'm Yours," resurrected in country music by Jody Miller six years later
Feb 12, 1943
Guitarist Jack Solomon is born in Columbus, Ohio. The husband of Melba Montgomery, he plays on her hits "No Charge" and "Don't Let The Good Times Fool You," plus recordings by B.J. Thomas, Mel Tillis and Ernest Tubb
Feb 13, 1943
Rock record producer Bill Szymczyk is born in Muskegon, Michigan. Noted for his work with such acts as Bob Seger and The J. Geils Band, he's most closely associated with The Eagles, producing their lone country hit "Lyin' Eyes"
Feb 13, 1943
Four weeks after his Grand Ole Opry debut, Ernest Tubb becomes an official Opry member during a broadcast from Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium
Feb 13, 1943
Tammy Wynette's father, William Hollice Pugh, dies from a brain tumor, less than a year after her birth
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