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    • Sep 7, 1932
    With a power play dividing group members Milton Brown and Bob Wills, Brown quits The Light Crust Doughboys
    Mar 25, 1935
    Steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe leaves The Light Crust Doughboys to join Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the process, he gets a raise from less than $10-a-week to $30. On KVOO that night, McAuliffe debuts "Steel Guitar Rag"
    Oct 13, 1937
    Roy Rogers signs his first film contract with Republic Pictures in Los Angeles, leaving the Sons of the Pioneers in the process. The same day, he shoots a small part in the movie "Wild Horse Rodeo"
    Dec 21, 1950
    After 17 months with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, bass player Hillous Butrum joins Hank Snow's Rainbow Ranch Boys. During his four years with Snow, he plays on the hits "Music Makin' Mama From Memphis" and "The Gold Rush Is Over"
    May 7, 1955
    Jerry Johnson, known as the Smoky Mountain Sweetheart, ends a nearly two-year run as the bass player for Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Dec 14, 1956
    Roy Orbison splits with his original backing group, The Teen Kings, during a recording session at the Sun Studio in Memphis. The band includes rhythm guitarist Johnny Wilson, who goes on to write hits for Kenny Rogers and Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Sep 7, 1957
    Elvis Presley receives letters of resignation from guitar player Scotty Moore and bass player Bill Black
    Sep 18, 1957
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, sends a letter to guitar player Scotty Moore and bass player Bill Black, accepting their resignation
    Oct 17, 1960
    Dion & The Belmonts split. Dion goes on to score with "The Wanderer" and "Ruby Baby," which become country hits for Eddie Rabbitt and Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Mar 1, 1966
    Gene Clark leaves The Byrds. The group will become a major influence on the country-rock movement, with Chris Hillman later forming The Desert Rose Band and Gram Parsons inspiring Emmylou Harris



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