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    • Jun 16, 1946
    Three days after leaving Missouri, Speedy West arrives in Los Angeles with his wife and child. In short order, he appears as a steel guitarist on recordings with such acts as Tennessee Ernie Ford, Skeets McDonald, Johnny Bond and Loretta Lynn
    Dec 9, 1946
    Patti Page leaves Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she's a star on radio station KTUL, for Chicago. Within seven months, she has her first recording contract
    Nov 6, 1948
    Elvis Presley's family moves from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Memphis
    Jan 20, 1949
    Rex Allen and fiddler Wade Ray, having just quit working for WLS Radio in Chicago, arrive in Los Angeles. Allen becomes a singing cowboy star, and Ray begins session work the next day, backing Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Sep 20, 1949
    Elvis Presley's family moves into Lauderdale Courts, a public housing project in Memphis. Rent is $35 monthly
    May 15, 1951
    Buck Owens relocates from Phoenix, Arizona, to Bakersfield, California, with his family, including wife Bonnie Owens and son Buddy Alan 
    Sep 9, 1951
    Bass player and future record producer Buddy Killen moves to Nashville from Florence, Alabama. He goes on to direct hits for Exile, T.G. Sheppard and Ronnie McDowell, among others
    Sep 29, 1951
    Porter Wagoner moves from his hometown, West Plains, Missouri, to Springfield, just 100 miles away, to take a job performing on KWTO Radio
    Dec 29, 1951
    Audrey Williams moves out of the house after, she says, Hank Williams attacked her
    Jan 14, 1952
    Hank Williams and Ray Price begin moving into a house at 2718 Wedgewood in Nashville. They share the home for about six months



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