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Feb 13, 1947
Hank Williams records "Honky Tonkin'" for the first time at the WSM Studios in Nashville for Sterling Records. He also records "Pan American." The date marks the first commercial recording session for legendary fiddler Tommy Jackson
Feb 15, 1947
Gambling and oil are mixed in the debut of "Apache Rose," a Roy Rogers movie featuring Dale Evans and The Sons Of The Pioneers
Feb 17, 1947
Porter Wagoner begins a three-year stint at the International Shoe Company manufacturing plant in West Plains, Missouri, for 57.5 cents per hour
Feb 19, 1947
Marlene O'Dell is born in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She is adopted by country singer Hawkshaw Hawkins and his wife, Reva Mason Barbour Hawkins
Feb 23, 1947
Minnie Pearl marries Henry Cannon at the West End Methodist Church in Nashville
Feb 28, 1947
Laverne Howell becomes the one-millionth fan to attend WWVA's "Jamboree U.S.A." radio show in Wheeling, West Virginia
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