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    • May 13, 1914
    Johnny Wright is born in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The husband of Kitty Wells, he registers a #1 single in 1965 with the Tom T. Hall song "Hello Vietnam" and accumulates hits during the '50s as one-half of Johnnie & Jack
    Dec 25, 1935
    Kitty Wells meets her future husband and manager, Johnny Wright, for the first time at his sister's house
    Oct 30, 1937
    Johnny Wright marries Kitty Wells in Franklin, Kentucky. Given that the event occurs Halloween Eve, Wright frequently tells friends: "Kitty didn't know whether she got tricked or treated--maybe she got spooked"
    Oct 27, 1939
    Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have their first child, Ruby Jean Wright
    Mar 30, 1942
    Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have a son, Bobby Wright, delivered in Charleston, West Virginia. He has a minor hit in 1971 with "Here I Go Again" and takes a role in the TV show "McHale's Navy"
    Jul 8, 1945
    Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have a daughter, Carol Sue, their third child
    Mar 25, 1947
    Johnnie & Jack hold their first recording session
    Jan 1, 1948
    Johnnie & Jack leave Nashville's Grand Ole Opry and WSM Radio to become regulars on KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, setting them up three months later among the first acts to perform on "The Louisiana Hayride"
    Apr 3, 1948
    KWKH debuts "The Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport, Louisiana. Artists in the opening lineup include Kitty Wells and Johnny & Jack. The show becomes a launching pad for such acts as Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and Webb Pierce
    Jul 31, 1948
    Country music appears on national television for the first time, with a show taped at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall. Kitty Wells, Eddy Arnold and Johnny & Jack are beamed to five cities
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