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Sep 2, 1949
Hawkshaw Hawkins records "I Wasted A Nickel" in Cincinnati
Sep 4, 1949
"If I Had A Hammer" songwriter Pete Seeger's car is attacked by rioters during a Ku Klux Klan-led anti-Communist demonstration in Peekskill, New York. Seeger's wife and three-year-old son are injured by shattered glass
Sep 5, 1949
"Al Morgan," hosted by the Cincinnati-born vocalist and piano player, debuts on the DuMont television network. During its first month on the air, Morgan earns a country hit with "Jealous Heart"
Sep 6, 1949
Six-year-old Ronnie Milsap enters kindergarten at the North Carolina School for the Blind in Raleigh
Sep 7, 1949
Guitarist Jack Sundrud is born in Crookston, Minnesota. Following membership in the early-1990s band Great Plains, he finds success as a songwriter on Ty Herndon's 1998 hit "It Must Be Love"
Sep 7, 1949
Disco singer Gloria Gaynor is born in Newark, New Jersey. She is permanently recognized for the 1979 anthem "I Will Survive," refashioned for the country charts by Billie Jo Spears
Sep 7, 1949
Hank and Audrey Williams buy a home at 4916 Franklin Road in Nashville
Sep 9, 1949
"Down Dakota Way" debuts in movie theaters, with Roy Rogers chasing down the murderer of a frontier veterinarian. His co-stars include wife Dale Evans, Pat Brady and Foy Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage
Sep 9, 1949
MGM releases Hank Williams' "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)," with "Lost Highway" on the B side
Sep 13, 1949
Eddy Arnold records "Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me" and "Will Santy Come To Shanty Town" at the RCA Studios in New York
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