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Apr 15, 1940
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Lone Star Rag" and "Time Changes Everything" at the Burrus Mill Studios in Saginaw, Texas
Apr 16, 1940
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "New San Antonio Rose" and "Big Beaver" at the Burrus Mill Studios in Saginaw, Texas
Apr 17, 1940
"The Light Of Western Stars," based on a Zane Grey novel, appears in movie theaters, featuring Alan Ladd and singer/songwriter/actor Eddie Dean
Apr 18, 1940
Record producer Roy Dea is born in Texas. His credits include: Johnny Rodriguez' "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)," Dickey Lee's "9,999,999 Tears" and Gary Stewart's "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)"
Apr 20, 1940
Bass player Tim Drummond is born in Bloomington, Illinois. After playing in Conway Twitty's road band, he winds up working for Neil Young, playing on the pop hits "Heart Of Gold" and "Old Man," recorded in Nashville
Apr 22, 1940
Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Bond lend musical support to Gene Autry when the cowboy makes an appearance on WKY Radio in Okemah, Oklahoma, promoting his movie "Rancho Grande." Autry eventually invites the two musicians to become regulars on his national radio show
Apr 22, 1940
Songwriter Ray Griff is born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He pens Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton's "You Better Move It On Home," Gene Watson's "Where Love Begins" and Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke's "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"
Apr 23, 1940
The Chuck Wagon Gang records "After The Sunrise" at the Burrus Mill Studio in Saginaw, Texas. The performance is recognized among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Apr 25, 1940
O.B. McClinton is born in Senatobia, Mississippi. The self-billed "Chocolate Cowboy" charts often in the 1970s and '80s. His "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Apr 25, 1940
Ted Daffan's Texans record "Worried Mind," "I'm A Fool To Care" and "Blue Steel Blues" at the Burrus Mill Studios in Saginaw, Texas
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