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    • Apr 7, 1932
    Cal Smith is born in Gans, Oklahoma. He plays rhythm guitar and opens for Ernest Tubb for six years, then develops his own solo career, where his "Country Bumpkin" earns the Country Music Association's Single of the Year honor in 1974
    Dec 23, 1962
    Ernest Tubb invites Cal Smith to become the frontman in his band. Smith hits the road in San Jose the same day, and arrives in Nashville on Christmas
    Dec 26, 1967
    Cal Smith makes his first appearance as a guitar player with Ernest Tubb's road band, the Texas Troubadours
    Mar 12, 1968
    Cal Smith records "Drinking Champagne" in Nashville. George Strait records the hit version in 1990
    Jul 7, 1968
    Cal Smith ends a five-year run as a member of Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours
    Oct 21, 1968
    Cal Smith records "I Overlooked An Orchid." Mickey Gilley has a hit with the same song in 1974
    Mar 13, 1972
    Cal Smith records "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking" and "I've Found Someone Of My Own" in Nashville
    Apr 10, 1972
    Decca releases Cal Smith's remake of The Free Movement's pop hit, "I've Found Someone Of My Own"
    Sep 12, 1972
    The movie "Country Music" opens in theaters. It stars Marty Robbins, Barbara Mandrell, Dottie West and Carl Smith
    Oct 2, 1972
    Decca releases the Cal Smith album "I've Found Someone Of My Own"
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