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    • Mar 29, 1909
    Moon Mullican is born in Corrigan, Texas. Nicknamed the King of the Hillbilly Piano Players, he reels off a string of seven Top 10 hits from 1947-1951, including "Cherokee Boogie," "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" and "Mona Lisa"
    Feb 18, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Country Junction" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood. Playing piano is Moon Mullican
    Mar 15, 1949
    Moon Mullican records "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" and "Sweeter Than The Flowers" at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles
    Jul 3, 1950
    Moon Mullican records "Goodnight Irene" and "Mona Lisa" in Cincinnati, Ohio
    Jul 22, 1950
    Moon Mullican breezes to the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "I'll Sail My Ship Alone"
    Dec 8, 1950
    Moon Mullican records "Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena)" in Cincinnati
    Sep 22, 1951
    Lefty Frizzell headlines one of country music's first stadium shows, at Griffith Park in Washington, D.C. The lineup also features Ernest Tubb, Flatt & Scruggs, Moon Mullican, Carl Smith and the Duke of Paducah, drawing 14,000 fans
    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
    Oct 20, 1953
    Roy Acuff closes a one-month USO tour of the Pacific, where he performed for soldiers in Korea and Japan, among other locations. Moon Mullican also took part as a member of Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Dec 31, 1958
    Buddy Holly anonymously plays drums for country piano player Moon Mullican at a New Year's Eve show in Odessa, Texas
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