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Mar 1, 1950
Piano player Joe "Fingers" Carr is divorced from actress Janet Blair. She tells the judge her husband would rather stay at the golf course for hours on end than come home to her cooking
Mar 1, 1950
Songwriter/producer/piano player David Foster is born in Victoria, British Columbia. A co-writer of Anne Murray's "Now And Forever (You And Me)," he produces Kenny Rogers and plays on hits by Kevin Sharp, Glen Campbell and Dolly Parton
Mar 1, 1950
The John Wayne movie "Sands Of Iwo Jima" goes into general release, with an appearance by Ira Hayes, who helped raise the flag at the Japanese battle. His story becomes the basis for Johnny Cash's 1964 hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
Mar 2, 1950
Gene Autry records "Peter Cottontail"
Mar 2, 1950
Karen Carpenter is born in New Haven, Connecticut. Though primarily a pop act, The Carpenters earn a country hit, 1978's "Sweet, Sweet Smile," written by Juice Newton. Alabama remakes their single "Touch Me When We're Dancing" as a country hit
Mar 3, 1950
Columbia releases Gene Autry's "Peter Cottontail"
Mar 5, 1950
Songwriter Tom Russell is born at California Lutheran Hospital in Los Angeles, California. He writes Suzy Bogguss' 1992 hit "Outbound Plane"
Mar 8, 1950
Buck Owens and Bonnie have their second son, Michael Lynn Owens
Mar 9, 1950
Sax and flute player Jerry Eubanks is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He joins The Marshall Tucker Band, appearing on the single "Long Hard Ride," which earns a Grammy nomination in the country category in 1977
Mar 10, 1950
Songwriter Don Devaney is born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He nets hits by authoring Charley Pride's "Someone Loves You Honey" and Highway 101's "Cry, Cry, Cry"
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