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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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