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Jun 1, 1938
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, begins serving a three-year sentence at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman
Jun 3, 1938
Barely five months since the marriage, Bob Wills and the former Mary Helen Brown are divorced. Within months, they re-marry, but only after he writes the forlorn "I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do"
Jun 4, 1938
The Vagabonds and The Lakeland Sisters close out their membership on the Grand Ole Opry, performing at the Dixie Tabernacle in Nashville
Jun 6, 1938
The Hoosier Hot Shots record "Red Hot Fannie" in Chicago
Jun 8, 1938
The Carter Family records "You Are My Flower" during a session at the WBT Studio in Charlotte, North Carolina
Jun 8, 1938
Songwriter Mack Vickery is born in Town Creek, Alabama. He writes George Strait's "The Fireman," John Anderson's "Let Somebody Else Drive," Barbi Benton's "Brass Buckles" and Johnny Paycheck's "I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)"
Jun 9, 1938
Happy birthday: The day he turns 47, songwriter Cole Porter breaks his left leg when he trips on a staircase in New York. Porter had broken both legs in October while horse-riding. Porter's resume will include Gene Autry's "Don't Fence Me In"
Jun 15, 1938
Grace Stoneman, a non-performing member of The Stoneman Family, announces she's eloped with her boyfriend, Jack Jewell, and is leaving the crowded nest. Ernest's wife, Hattie, had delivered her fourteenth child the previous month
Jun 17, 1938
Percussionist Farrell Morris is born in Waxahachie, Texas. He becomes a major Nashville session musician, playing on such classics as Alabama's "Song Of The South," Ray Price's "For The Good Times," Elvis Presley's "Way Down" and Garth Brooks' "Standing Outside The Fire"
Jun 18, 1938
Woody Guthrie performs in Los Angeles on his KFVD radio show for the last time, despite signing a one-year contract in November
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