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    • Mar 23, 1913
    Jim Anglin is born in Franklin, Tennessee. Joined siblings Jack and Red in The Anglin Brothers, Jim Anglin co-writes "Ashes Of Love," as well as two Kitty Wells duets with Red Foley, "One By One" and "You And Me"
    May 13, 1916
    Jack Anglin is born in Columbia, Tennessee. Teamed with Johnny Wright in the duo Johnnie & Jack, he becomes a Grand Ole Opry member in 1952, while the act nets such hits as "Poison Love" and "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" 
    Jan 20, 1946
    Jack Anglin, of Johnnie & Jack, ends his World War II military service
    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
    Jan 31, 1949
    Kitty Wells holds the first recording session of her career, beginning with "Death At The Bar," for RCA Records at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. She shares the session with Johnnie & Jack, which includes her husband, Johnny Wright
    Mar 27, 1950
    Johnnie & Jack record their first hit record, "Poison Love"
    May 6, 1951
    Johnnie & Jack record "Cryin' Heart Blues"
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