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Oct 2, 1933
A pair of former western swing bandmates compete in a concert billed as a "battle dance": Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys versus Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. Admission to the show, at the Green Terrace in Lake Waco, Texas, is $1
Oct 7, 1933
Burrus Mill files a $10,000 suit against Bob Wills, calling for Wills to stop advertising his band members as former members of The Light Crust Doughboys. The court later decides there's nothing damaging in advertising the truth
Oct 10, 1933
The Light Crust Doughboys record "Beautiful Texas" in Chicago. The session is the first for steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe
Feb 9, 1934
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys begin a 24-year stint on Tulsa's KVOO
Apr 4, 1934
Milton Brown's Musical Brownies conduct a recording session widely regarded as the first official western swing recording in San Antonio
May 10, 1934
Drummer Tommy Perkins is born in Oklahoma City. As a member of The Texas Playboys, he appears on the Bob Wills classic "Faded Love" in 1950
Jun 16, 1934
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers begin performing western swing regularly on Dallas radio station WFAA
Sep 10, 1934
Blues singer Kokomo Arnold records the original version of "Milk Cow Blues," destined to become a hit seven years later for Johnnie Lee Wills
Jan 1, 1935
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa for the first time. Later that year, they begin appearing twice weekly at the club, where they remain regulars for eight years
Jan 27, 1935
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies hold their first recording session in a new deal with Decca Records in Chicago. In the process, steel guitarist Bob Dunn becomes the first musician to play an amplified instrument on a country record
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