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Mar 1, 1939
"Rollin' Westward" debuts in movie theaters with Tex Ritter and future wife Dorothy Fay starring. Also in the cast is guitarist Rudy Sooter, recently heard on the Jimmie Davis hit "It Makes No Difference Now"
Mar 8, 1939
Lew DeWitt is born in Roanoke, Virginia. A founding member of The Statler Brothers, he writes "Flowers On The Wall" and sings tenor for the group until 1982, when illness forces retirement. The Statlers join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
Mar 11, 1939
Songwriter Susanna Talley is born in Atlanta, Texas. After marrying Guy Clark, she is known professionally as Susanna Clark, painting the cover for Willie Nelson's "Stardust" album and writing Kathy Mattea's "Come From The Heart" and Emmylou Harris' "Easy From Now On"
Mar 11, 1939
"Knickerbocker Holiday" concludes a five-month run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. The Broadway production introduced "September Song," destined to become a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1979
Mar 11, 1939
Tex-Mex accordion player Flaco Jimenez is born in San Antonio. He plays a major role in the Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam hit "Streets Of Bakersfield" and joins the all-star band The Texas Tornados, which includes Freddy Fender
Mar 13, 1939
Roy Rogers combats thieves in the Old West--and sings--as a member of the Arizona border patrol with the movie theater debut of "Rough Riders' Round Up"
Mar 14, 1939
Joe Diffie Sr. is born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His son, Joe Diffie, will become one of country's biggest artists in the 1990s and a member of the Grand Ole Opry
Mar 17, 1939
Rufus Payne, known to Hank Williams as "Tee Tot," dies in a Montgomery hospital. Payne, an African-American street singer, taught Williams to play the guitar
Mar 19, 1939
"Southward Ho" debuts in movie theaters, with Roy Rogers and sidekick "Gabby" Hayes uncovering government corruption on the frontier
Mar 20, 1939
Western singer Don Edwards is born in Boonton, New Jersey. Among his output is "Cowboy Love Song," which appears in the soundtrack to "The Horse Whisperer"
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