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    • Apr 14, 1936
    A day after breaking six ribs and puncturing a lung in an auto accident, Milton Brown is placed in an oxygen tent at Fort Worth's Methodist Hospital, where the western swing legend has developed pneumonia
    Apr 18, 1936
    Bandleader Milton Brown dies at Fort Worth's Methodist Hospital, five days after a car crash. He stood alongside Bob Wills as one of the founders of western swing
    Apr 19, 1936
    Funeral services are held for western swing figure Milton Brown at the Lucas South Side Funeral Home in Fort Worth. The Chuck Wagon Gang performs, The Musical Brownies serve as pallbearers, and fellow musician Bob Wills attends
    Apr 22, 1936
    Just days after the death of bandleader Milton Brown, his Musical Brownies perform their first date without him in Waco, with brother Derwood Brown now leading the western-swing group
    Jan 1, 1938
    Bob Wills marries Mary Helen Brown, the widow of Wills' best friend, Milton Brown
    Jul 13, 1938
    With Texas gubernatorial candidate W. Lee O'Daniel invoking the name of late western-swing pioneer Milton Brown in campaign speeches, Brown's father, Barty, prints up fliers distancing his son from his former employer, saying O'Daniel was "insincere" and paid "starvation wages"
    Jan 9, 1949
    Martha Annie Brown dies. She was the mother of Milton and Derwood Brown, members of the western swing band Milton Brown's Musical Brownies
    Oct 5, 1958
    Barty Brown, the father of Musical Brownies Milton and Derwood Brown, dies in Fort Worth, Texas. Both sons served as leaders and original members of the band, one of the influential acts in the development of western swing
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Milton Brown & His Brownies make the list twice, with "Right Or Wrong" and "Who's Sorry Now?"
    May 23, 2011
    Bob Wills, Milton Brown and The Light Crust Doughboys are cited as the legislature in Austin recognizes western swing as the official state music of Texas
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