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    • Sep 18, 1918
    Hank Penny is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He becomes a western swing bandleader of note during the 1930s and '40s and eventually opens the influential Palomino Club in North Hollywood, California
    Sep 18, 1938
    Having established his band in Chattanooga, Hank Penny debuts his group, The Cowboys, in Atlanta as he observes his 20th birthday. Within two months, they have their first recording session
    Nov 9, 1938
    Hank Penny holds his first recording session, for the American Record Corporation
    Jul 4, 1939
    Hank Penny records "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" at the Gayoso Hotel in Memphis. The heat is so bad that the band--including Noel Boggs, Boudleaux Bryant, Sheldon Bennett, Louis Dumont and Carl Stewart--plays in its underwear
    Mar 1, 1944
    Merle Travis ends a six-year stint on Cincinnati's WLW Radio. Fellow employee Hank Penny drives him to the train station, and Travis moves to California the same day
    Oct 8, 1945
    Hank Penny records the Noel Boggs-penned "Steel Guitar Stomp" with producer Merle Travis at the Universal Studios in Pasadena, California
    Aug 15, 1946
    The Charles Starrett western "Heading West" debuts in theaters, with Smiley Burnette also in the cast. Hank Penny makes a musical appearance with his Plantation Boys, including Harold Hensley, Noel Boggs and Sanford Williams
    Mar 9, 1949
    Hank Penny records "Bloodshot Eyes" in Los Angeles with steel player Speedy West
    Jun 5, 1949
    "The Blazing Trail," starring Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette, debuts, with Hank Penny appearing as a musical cowboy
    Aug 5, 1950
    Spade Cooley marks his two-year anniversary on Los Angeles' KTLA-TV. His guests for the show include jazz legend Count Basie and nightclub owner Hank Penny
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