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Sep 19, 1940
The Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley is born in Santa Ana, California. The duo's "Unchained Melody" is covered as a country hit by Elvis Presley, while The Oak Ridge Boys remake their hit "Dream On." Medley has a brief country solo career, nominated for Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music in 1985
Oct 7, 1940
Clarinet player Artie Shaw records the pop hit "Star Dust" in Hollywood. Thirty-eight years later, it becomes the title track for a classic Willie Nelson album featuring remakes of traditional pop standards
Nov 22, 1940
Roy Rogers serves as grand marshal of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood
Nov 24, 1940
Bandleader Bob Crosby has a daughter, Cathleen Denyse Crosby, in Los Angeles. Shortly after her 11th birthday, he notches a country hit as a songwriter, with Pee Wee King's "Silver And Gold"
Dec 3, 1940
Bing Crosby records "Lone Star Trail" in Los Angeles. The pop hit is the first recording of any song written by future Country Music Hall of Famer Cindy Walker
Dec 16, 1940
Eight months after Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys recorded it, Bing Crosby remakes "New San Antonio Rose" in Hollywood. His version becomes a pop hit, backed by a remake of "It Makes No Difference Now," recorded at the same session
May 13, 1941
Ritchie Valens is born in Pacoima, California. The Latin rock & roll singer, who records the original version of "La Bamba," dies in the plane crash that kills Buddy Holly. Waylon Jennings gives up his seat on that same flight to The Big Bopper
Jun 18, 1941
Gene Autry records "You Are My Sunshine" at the CBS Studios in Hollywood
Jun 23, 1941
Multi-instrumentalist Robert Hunter is born in San Luis Obispo, California. He joins the rock band The Grateful Dead in September 1967. The Dead is referenced in the lyrics of Lonestar's 1996 hit "No News"
Jul 24, 1941
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record four Cindy Walker songs, including "Cherokee Maiden" and "Dusty Skies," in Hollywood
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