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    • Jan 31, 1940
    Fiddler Speedy McNatt joins Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys. The band already features one of McNatt's friends, Eddy Arnold, as lead vocalist
    Jan 1, 1941
    Minnie Pearl goes on her first tour with Roy Acuff, playing Evansville, Indiana, as part of a package that also features Eddy Arnold and Pee Wee King
    Dec 31, 1942
    Ernest Tubb brings in the new year in Gadsden, Alabama, receiving $150, his highest pay at the time. He shares the bill with Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, including Eddy Arnold
    May 18, 1944
    Pee Wee and Lydia King have twins, Larry and Gene King
    Apr 14, 1945
    Buddy Harroll, of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, is the first to play trumpet on the Grand Ole Opry, delivering "Taps" in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died two days earlier
    Jun 25, 1945
    "Flame Of The West" opens in theaters, with an appearance by Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
    Dec 17, 1946
    Pee Wee King holds his first RCA recording session at the label's Studio A in Chicago, with Cowboy Copas on guitar. It also marks the first recording date for guitarist Harold Bradley, a 2006 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 20, 1947
    Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart sign their first songwriter contract with Acuff-Rose, where their collaborations include "Tennessee Waltz," "Slow Poke" and "Bonaparte's Retreat," among others
    Mar 25, 1947
    Guitarist Cowboy Copas records with Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys for the fourth and final time, at RCA Studio A in Chicago, as he moves on to a solo career
    Dec 2, 1947
    Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys record "Tennessee Waltz" in Chicago at RCA Studio A
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