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Apr 21, 1939
Songwriter Ernie Maresca is born in The Bronx, New York. He fashions several pop and rock hits for Dion, including "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer," remade as a country hit by Eddie Rabbitt in 1988
Jul 18, 1939
Dion DiMucci is born in The Bronx, New York. Two of his 1960s pop successes become country hits for other artists: "Ruby Baby," for Billy "Crash" Craddock; and "The Wanderer," for Eddie Rabbitt
Jul 22, 1939
Gene Autry Day is observed at the New York World's Fair
Aug 16, 1939
Eric Weissberg is born in New York. He records the bluegrass instrumental "Dueling Banjos" for the 1972 movie "Deliverance"
Sep 25, 1939
Rex Griffin records "My Hillbilly Baby" and "Lovesick Blues" during a session in New York. His version of "Lovesick Blues" is believed to have influenced Hank Williams' classic recording of the song
Dec 26, 1939
Pop record producer Phil Spector is born in The Bronx. Noted for his work with The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers and The Ronettes, he writes "To Know Him Is To Love Him," a country hit for Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Jan 5, 1940
"Saturday Night Live" writer Michael O'Donoghue is born in Sauquoit, New York. The Emmy-winner also pens Dolly Parton's 1982 country hit "Single Women"
Feb 5, 1940
Jimmie Davis records "You Are My Sunshine" in New York
Feb 23, 1940
Woody Guthrie writes "This Land Is Your Land" at Hanover House, a New York City hotel at the corner of 43rd Street and 6th Avenue, using the melody of The Carter Family's "When The World's On Fire"
Mar 3, 1940
Woody Guthrie joins Lead Belly, Will Geer and Alan Lomax, among others, to perform at a labor union fundraiser at New York's Forrest Theater attended by Pete Seeger. The show helps launch Guthrie to prominence as a singer/songwriter
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