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    • Mar 15, 1944
    Drafted for service in the Canadian Army, an intoxicated Hank Snow reports for his physical. Told to come back sober the next day, Snow's X-rays reveal a lung problem created by a childhood bout with pleurisy. Snow is rejected for service
    Mar 15, 1944
    "Jamboree," featuring Ernest Tubb singing "Walking The Floor Over You" and "You Nearly Lose Your Mind," makes its theater debut
    Mar 17, 1944
    The Broadway smash "Knickerbocker Holiday" makes its debut as a feature film, starring Nelson Eddy. The picture includes "September Song," re-tooled as a country hit more than three decades later by Willie Nelson
    Mar 17, 1944
    Singer/songwriter John Sebastian is born in New York City. He becomes a member of The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 17, 1944
    Tex Ritter stars in the debut of "Oklahoma Raiders." Appearing in minor roles: Johnny Bond and Wesley Tuttle
    Mar 18, 1944
    Floyd Tillman shines at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "They Took The Stars Out Of Heaven"
    Mar 18, 1944
    "Ridin' West" debuts in movie theaters, starring Charles Starrett, Ernest Tubb, Lloyd Bridges, Johnny Bond and Wesley Tuttle
    Mar 19, 1944
    Keyboard player Tom Constanten is born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He plays with The Grateful Dead from 1968-1970; some 25 years later, the band is namechecked in Lonestar's "No News"
    Mar 23, 1944
    Jimmy Wakely and Foy Willing are musical ranch hands in the debut of the Charles Starrett picture "Sundown Valley"
    Mar 23, 1944
    Jimmie Davis, Louisiana's governor-elect, records four hits in one session--"There's A Chill On The Hill Tonight," "Is It Too Late Now," "Grievin' My Heart Out For You" and "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder"--at Hollywood's Decca Recording Studio
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