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  • Apr 1, 1944
    Al Dexter's "Too Late To Worry" arrives at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Apr 3, 1944
    Carolyn Adkisson is born in Abilene, Texas. In 1962, she marries songwriter Jerry Abbott, who pens the Buck Owens & Emmylou Harris hit "Play Together Again Again"
    Apr 3, 1944
    Pop singer Tony Orlando is born in Manhattan. Two of his hits find new life in country remakes: Billy "Crash" Craddock covers "Knock Three Times," and Johnny Carver renews "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
    Apr 5, 1944
    Songwriter Bob McDill is born in Beaumont, Texas. He writes more than 40 Top 20 singles, including Sammy Kershaw's "She Don't Know She's Beautiful," Don Williams' "Good Ole Boys Like Me," Mel McDaniel's "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," Alan Jackson's "Gone Country" and Keith Whitley's "Don't Close Your Eyes"
    Apr 8, 1944
    Songwriter Jerry Abbott is born in Abilene, Texas. The father of Pantera members Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott and Vinnie Paul, he writes the Buck Owens & Emmylou Harris hit "Play Together Again Again"
    Apr 9, 1944
    Drummer Gene Parsons is born in Los Angeles. He joins The Byrds, pivotal in the development of country-rock, beginning with the 1969 album "Dr. Byrd & Mr. Hyde." He leaves in 1972, following the album "Further Along"
    Apr 13, 1944
    The movie "Buffalo Bill," with Joel McCrea in the starring role, debuts in Los Angeles. One of its closing scenes inspires songwriter Larry Weiss to slip the line "Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo" into his 1970s song "Rhinestone Cowboy"
    Apr 13, 1944
    Decca releases Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five's "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)." The song lands on Billboard's recently debuted folk chart, destined to become a country list
    Apr 16, 1944
    Woody Guthrie makes his first serious attempt at becoming a recording artist with a two-song session in New York for Asch Records
    Apr 17, 1944
    Fiddler Tommy Jackson enlists in the Army, becoming an airborne tailgunner in the Pacific. Following World War II, he plays on scores of country hits by Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells and Ray Price, among others

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