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Jul 18, 1950
Carl Smith records "I Overlooked An Orchid" at the Castle Recording Studio in Nashville. It later becomes a hit for Mickey Gilley
Jul 21, 1950
Jimmy Wakely records "Mona Lisa"
Jul 22, 1950
Moon Mullican breezes to the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "I'll Sail My Ship Alone"
Jul 23, 1950
"The Gene Autry Show" debuts on CBS-TV, taking Autry, sidekick Pat Buttram and Champion from the big screen to the small screen. "Back In The Saddle Again" serves as the program's theme song
Jul 24, 1950
Capitol releases Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford's two-sided duet single, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" and "I'll Never Be Free"
Jul 25, 1950
Gene Autry is a sheriff who's forced to arrest a man he believes is innocent in the debut of "Beyond The Purple Hills." The movie also features Pat Buttram, Jerry Scoggins and Frankie Marvin
Jul 25, 1950
Lefty Frizzell records "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time," "I Love You A Thousand Ways" and "Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)" in his first recording session, at Dallas' Jim Beck Studio
Jul 26, 1950
Blues guitarist Papa Charlie McCoy dies in Chicago. He backed Tommy Johnson on the 1928 recording "Cool Drink Of Water Blues," listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Jul 26, 1950
Jimmie Osborne records "God Please Protect America" in Cincinnati, Ohio
Jul 27, 1950
Tennessee Ernie Ford records "The Shot Gun Boogie" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood
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