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  • Jun 2, 1944
    Movie composer Marvin Hamlisch is born in New York City. His song "The Entertainer" provides the vehicle for a Chet Atkins Grammy nomination
    Jun 6, 1944
    Allied troops invade Normandy, France, during a World War II battle better known as D-Day. Marine Ferlin Husky is among the Americans who hit the shore. Future Opry star Vic Willis is injured in the battle and receives a purple heart and bronze star
    Jun 6, 1944
    Country Music Hall Of Fame broadcaster Grant Turner debuts on WSM radio the same day Allied troops invade Normandy. Turner, who becomes the Grand Ole Opry announcer, handles station breaks on D-Day between network news coverage
    Jun 7, 1944
    Guitarist Clarence White is born in Lewiston, Maine. He joins The Byrds in 1968, staying with the pioneering country-rock band until he reforms the bluegrass Kentucky Colonels in 1973
    Jun 10, 1944
    The King Cole Trio recording "Straighten Up And Fly Right" tops an early version of the Billboard country singles chart
    Jun 14, 1944
    The Johnny Downs western "Twilight On The Prairie" debuts with music by Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage
    Jun 15, 1944
    Decca releases Texas Jim Lewis And His Lone Star Cowboys' version of "Too Late To Worry Too Blue To Cry"
    Jun 17, 1944
    Gene Autry serves notice to Republic Pictures that he believes his contract with the studio has been nullified by his military service. The two sides end up in court
    Jun 17, 1944
    Comedian Rod Brasfield makes his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium the same day The Poe Sisters become members
    Jun 21, 1944
    Singer/songwriter Kenny O'Dell is born in Antlers, Oklahoma. A 1996 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he earns a Top 10 single as an artist with "Let's Shake Hands And Come Out Lovin'," and pens Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors," Tanya Tucker's "Lizzie And The Rainman" and The Judds' "Mama He's Crazy"

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