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    • Feb 15, 1940
    A performance rights organization, BMI, is founded to compete with ASCAP. Short for Broadcast Music, Inc., BMI collects and distributes royalties to songwriters for the public performance of their works
    Feb 4, 1941
    The United Service Organization, otherwise known as the USO, is established to provide entertainment for American troops. Among the many artists who participate: Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn, Lee Greenwood and Aaron Tippin
    Feb 28, 1942
    "The Roy Acuff Songbook Show" debuts on the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium. Sales of the folio eventually approach 1 million copies, providing seed money for the founding of Acuff-Rose Publishing
    Apr 8, 1942
    Liberty Records is formed by Glenn Wallichs and songwriters Johnny Mercer and Buddy DeSylva in Hollywood. The firm is renamed Capitol Records in June as it charts a path that includes hits for Keith Urban, Garth Brooks and Merle Haggard
    Jun 1, 1942
    Capitol Records signs its first country recording artist, Tex Ritter
    Jun 4, 1942
    To avoid confusion with Liberty Music Shops in New York, Liberty Records changes its name to Capitol. It becomes the first label to send out "promo" copies to disc jockeys, later promoting such stars as Buck Owens, Keith Urban and Garth Brooks
    Jul 1, 1942
    Capitol Records releases its first six singles
    Aug 1, 1942
    The American Federation of Musicians goes on strike against record companies, refusing to play on any new recordings. Called the Petrillo Ban, the strike halts studio activity until September 1943
    Oct 30, 1942
    Acuff-Rose Music Publishing is founded in Nashville on a handshake by Roy Acuff and Fred Rose. The first music publisher in the city, Acuff-Rose handles copyrights for Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and Don Gibson, among others
    Sep 1, 1943
    Grandpa Jones and Merle Travis record the first music for Syd Nathan's new label, King Records, in Dayton, Ohio. They use assumed names to hide their identity from radio station WLW, which has them under contract



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