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    • Sep 17, 1934
    Western swing pioneer Milton Brown marries Mary Helen Hames on her 18th birthday in Marietta, Oklahoma
    Jan 27, 1935
    Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies hold their first recording session in a new deal with Decca Records in Chicago. In the process, steel guitarist Bob Dunn becomes the first musician to play an amplified instrument on a country record
    Jan 28, 1935
    Milton Brown & His Brownies record "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Going Up Brushy Fork" at the Furniture Mart Building in Chicago
    Jul 8, 1935
    After performing for nearly three years on KTAT Radio, Milton Brown's Musical Brownies move to Dallas radio station WBAP
    Dec 20, 1935
    Western swing pioneer Milton Brown and his wife, Mary Helen Brown, have a son, Buster Lee Brown
    Mar 2, 1936
    Western swing's Milton Brown and his wife, Mary Helen Brown, are officially divorced
    Mar 4, 1936
    Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies record 22 songs at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, including "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" and "Right Or Wrong"
    Mar 5, 1936
    Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies hold what proves to be their final recording session, for Decca Records, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans
    Apr 11, 1936
    Milton Brown's Musical Brownies play their regular show at the Crystal Springs Dancing Pavilion in Fort Worth, Texas. As it turns out, it's the last live performance Brown ever gives
    Apr 13, 1936
    Bandleader Milton Brown is injured when he crashes his car into a telephone pole alongside the Jacksboro Highway outside of Fort Worth, Texas, killing a 16-year-old female passenger. Five days later, he dies after a punctured lung leads to pneumonia
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