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    • Sep 20, 1953
    Roy Acuff kicks off a one-month tour of Pacific military bases, sponsored by the USO, just two months after the close of the Korean War. Moon Mullican sits in with the Smoky Mountain Boys
    Sep 20, 1952
    Hank Williams introduces "Louisiana Hayride" producer Horace Logan to Billie Jean Jones, the former girlfriend of Faron Young. Williams marries her four weeks later
    Sep 20, 1951
    Johnny Cash departs from New York City on a transport ship as he's transferred to Bremerhaven, West Germany, during his enlistment with the Air Force
    Sep 20, 1950
    With the Korean War raging, Tex Ritter records "Daddy's Last Letter" in Los Angeles
    Sep 20, 1949
    Elvis Presley's family moves into Lauderdale Courts, a public housing project in Memphis. Rent is $35 monthly
    Sep 20, 1949
    Record producer Garth Fundis is born in Lawrence, Kansas. His credits include: Don Williams' "I Believe In You," Collin Raye's "In This Life," Keith Whitley's "I'm No Stranger To The Rain" and Trisha Yearwood's "She's In Love With The Boy"
    Sep 20, 1948
    Lena Miller, the mother of vaudevillian performer Emmett Miller, dies in her Macon, Georgia, home, two weeks after suffering a stroke. Referred to as the singer with a "clarinet voice," Emmett Miller was a major influence on Jimmie Rodgers
    Sep 20, 1945
    Merle Travis records "Cincinnati Lou" for Bel-Tone Records at Hollywood's Radio Recorders. He re-records the song six months later for Capitol, resulting in his first hit
    Sep 20, 1944
    Tex Ritter records "Jealous Heart" in an afternoon session at the C.P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood. The date represents the first California recording session for guitar player Merle Travis
    Sep 20, 1939
    Fresh from a triumphant overseas trip to England and Europe, Gene Autry begins filming again in Los Angeles
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