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    • Feb 11, 1944
    Texas Jim Lewis And His Lone Star Cowboys record a cover of Al Dexter's "Too Late To Worry Too Blue To Cry"
    Feb 11, 1944
    John Stoneman, a temporary member of The Stoneman Family, has his first child, John Stoneman Jr.
    Feb 12, 1944
    The Saturday Evening Post examines country music's popularity in an article titled "Hillbilly Boom." In the story, producer Art Satherley is credited with finding the music in "the bayous, canebrakes and hills" and presenting it "twangin' and sobbin' to 25 million addicts." The piece highlights Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Feb 12, 1944
    Moe Bandy is born in Meridian, Mississippi. He thrives as a honky-tonk singer during the late-1970s and early-'80s with a string of hits dominated by cheatin'-themed singles and good-ol'-boy duets with Joe Stampley
    Feb 13, 1944
    Bass player Peter Tork is born in Washington, D.C. In 1966, he joins the pop group The Monkees, whose "Last Train To Clarksville" ranks among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 19, 1944
    A Joe E. Brown comedy, "Casanova In Burlesque," opens in movie theaters with Dale Evans in a supporting role
    Feb 24, 1944
    Session keyboard player Nicky Hopkins is born in London. Noted for his work with The Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker and John Lennon, he also appears on the soundtrack to "The Beverly Hillbillies" movie backing Steve Earle and Joe Walsh
    Feb 26, 1944
    R&B musician Louis Jordan tops an early version of the Billboard country singles chart with "Ration Blues"
    Feb 29, 1944
    Actor/comedian Smiley Burnette has lunch in Cincinnati with WLW performer Merle Travis, where he convinces Travis that he should live in California. The guitarist leaves for the west coast the next day
    Feb 29, 1944
    Jimmie Davis is nominated as the Democratic candidate for governor in the Louisiana state primary
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