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    • Apr 20, 1944
    Mandolin player Doyle Lawson is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. After stints with Jimmy Martin and The Country Gentlemen, he forms his own bluegrass band, Quicksilver, becoming one of the genre's leading figures
    Apr 20, 1944
    "Wyoming Hurricane," made in one week, appears in theaters. The Russell Hayden western features Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys as singing ranch hands
    Apr 20, 1944
    Decca Records releases Ernest Tubb's double-sided hit, "Soldier's Last Letter" backed with "Yesterday's Tears"
    Apr 20, 1944
    Floyd Tillman records "Each Night At Nine" and "G.I. Blues"
    Apr 21, 1944
    Songwriter Tony Macaulay is born in England. Among his credits: Glen Campbell's "Oklahoma Sunday Morning" and Alison Krauss' "Baby, Now That I've Found You"
    Apr 22, 1944
    Songwriter Danny Morrison is born in Nashville. He authors Lee Greenwood's "You've Got A Good Love Comin'," Joe Diffie's "Is It Cold In Here," Razzy Bailey's "Friends" and Kenny Rogers' "Blaze Of Glory"
    Apr 22, 1944
    Songwriter Alan Gordon is born in Natick, Massachusetts. He authors The Turtles' pop hit "Happy Together," remade for the country charts in 1978 by T.G. Sheppard
    Apr 24, 1944
    Woody Guthrie records "Going Down The Road." It will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Apr 24, 1944
    Jimmie Riddle, of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, receives notice from the Army for a physical. After a deferment, he serves nearly two years during World War II
    Apr 25, 1944
    Ray Whitley plays a cowboy in the comedy "Hollywood And Vine"
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