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    • Dec 8, 1937
    Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers record "Oh How I Miss You Tonight" at Dallas' Adolphus Hotel. The song is destined to become a country hit for Jim Reeves & Deborah Allen in 1979
    Dec 8, 1935
    The Errol Flynn picture "Captain Blood" debuts in theaters. It merits a mention in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
    Dec 8, 1930
    Tex Ritter has his first acting role of note in the Boston stage production "Green Grow The Lilacs." Ritter sings four songs in the show, which also travels to Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and St. Louis
    Dec 8, 1922
    Appalachian folk singer, songwriter and dulcimer player Jean Ritchie is born in Viper, Kentucky. She influences The Judds on her way to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 8, 1914
    "Watch Your Step," the first Broadway production to feature a score by Irving Berlin, opens at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. Berlin, one of the most significant composers of the 20th century, has his song "Blue Skies" turned into a country hit by Willie Nelson
    Dec 8, 1914
    Singer/songwriter Floyd Tillman is born in Ryan, Oklahoma. Noted for writing "Slipping Around" and "I Love You So Much It Hurts," he enters the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984
    Dec 8, 1912
    Music publisher Jack Stapp is born in Nashville, Tennessee. He co-founds Tree Publishing, which holds copyrights for "Heartbreak Hotel," "I Fall To Pieces" and "King Of The Road," among others. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
    Dec 8, 1912
    Music executive Irving Waugh is born in Virginia. He becomes a leader at WSM Radio and is responsible for the development of Opryland
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