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Mar 1, 1947
Decca releases two separate singles by Red Foley And The Cumberland Valley Boys: "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" and "Freight Train Boogie"
Mar 1, 1947
Four companies merge to become Mercury Records. The label's country division goes on to represent such acts as Tom T. Hall, Shania Twain, Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatt & Scruggs and Reba McEntire
Mar 3, 1947
Pop singer Jennifer Warnes is born in Seattle, Washington. Best known for duets with Joe Cocker and Bill Medley, she makes a pair of minor country hits: 1977's "Right Time Of The Night" and 1979's "I Know A Heartache When I See One"
Mar 6, 1947
Hank Williams signs a recording contract with MGM Records. It takes effect April 1
Mar 7, 1947
Bullet Records releases the Francis Craig pop single "Near You." Thirty years later, the song becomes a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Mar 8, 1947
Harmonica player Don Brooks is born in Dallas, Texas. Noted for his work with Billy Joel, Diana Ross and The Bee Gees, he's a member of Waylon Jennings' band during the 1970s, appearing on "You Ask Me To" and "This Time"
Mar 8, 1947
Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is born in New York. In addition to pop hits such as "That's What Friends Are For" and "Groovy Kind Of Love," she writes Dolly Parton's "You're The Only One" and Reba McEntire's multi-female collaboration "On My Own"
Mar 10, 1947
Columbia releases Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys' "(Our Own) Jole Blon"
Mar 10, 1947
Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis gets back to work at politics in Baton Rouge after a three-week stay in Hollywood, where he filmed a movie and recorded a hit
Mar 10, 1947
Songwriter Alex Harvey is born in Dyersburg, Tennessee. His credits include Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn," Billy Ray Cyrus' "Somebody New" and T. Graham Brown's "Hell And High Water"
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