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    • Apr 9, 1951
    Decca releases The Weavers' only country hit, "On Top Of Old Smoky"
    Apr 9, 1951
    Decca releases Red Foley's "Hobo Boogie"
    Apr 9, 1951
    Songwriter Bob Corbin is born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He joins Dave Hanner to form The Corbin/Hanner Band but finds his largest success by writing Alabama's "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" and "(There's A) Fire In The Night"
    Apr 14, 1951
    Bill Monroe is served a court summons in a lawsuit brought by songwriter Tomie Thompson, who claims Monroe has not properly credited him for the lyrics to "Kentucky Waltz." Monroe admits Thompson wrote them, but insists he bought them
    Apr 15, 1951
    Texas Playboys guitarist Junior Barnard dies at Fresno County General Hospital in California, after a car crash. He played on "Bob Wills Boogie," "Brain Cloudy Blues" and "White Cross On Okinawa," as well as Johnnie Lee Wills' "Milk Cow Blues"
    Apr 16, 1951
    Gene Autry sings songs written by Acuff-Rose founder Fred Rose in the debut of "Whirlwind," also featuring Smiley Burnette and Frankie Marvin
    Apr 16, 1951
    Eddy Arnold records "Call Her Your Sweetheart" at RCA's New York studios
    Apr 17, 1951
    Eddy Arnold records "Heart Strings" and "Bundle Of Southern Sunshine" at RCA's New York studio
    Apr 18, 1951
    Eddy Arnold records "I Wanna Play House With You," "Trouble In Mind" and "Somebody's Been Beating My Time" at RCA's New York studio
    Apr 19, 1951
    Deposed general Douglas MacArthur addresses a joint session of Congress, saying, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Inspired by the statement, Gene Autry writes "Old Soldiers Never Die," which he records the next day
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