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    • Jun 4, 1908
    Ruby Owens is born in Decatur, Texas. Known by the stage name Texas Ruby, she marries Curly Fox in 1939, turning the couple into one of country music's most popular duos in the 1940s
    Feb 2, 1937
    Texas Ruby and Zeke Clements hold their first recording session in Dallas, cutting one song as a duo, while Texas Ruby records "T For Texas" as a solo artist
    Jan 1, 1938
    Texas Ruby performs on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time, part of a duet act with husband-to-be Curly Fox
    Jul 1, 1939
    Curly Fox marries Texas Ruby in Marion, Arkansas. Members of the Grand Ole Opry in 1938, they rejoin in 1962
    Feb 15, 1945
    Texas Ruby and Curly Fox record "Don't Let That Man Get You Down" in Chicago. The song is ranked among country's 500 greatest all-time singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 31, 1945
    Columbia releases the Texas Ruby and Curly Fox duet "Don't Let That Man Get You Down." The performance is listed among country's 500 greatest all-time singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 3, 1947
    Ernest Tubb's Record Shop opens at 720 Commerce Street in Nashville. The event draws a number of artists, including Eddy Arnold, Clyde Moody, Johnny Bond, Lew Childre and Curly Fox & Texas Ruby
    Mar 29, 1963
    Texas Ruby dies in a trailer fire in Nashville while her husband, Curly Fox, is playing the Grand Ole Opry. The two began working together in the 1930s, becoming a significant touring act the following decade
    Jun 20, 1979
    Waylon Jennings records "I Ain't Living Long Like This," written by Rodney Crowell, at Nashville's American Studios. The song pays lyrical nods to Texas Ruby, Sandra Dee and the Elvis Presley hit "Jailhouse Rock"
    Oct 11, 1989
    The Country Music Hall Of Fame's Walkway of Stars adds Keith Whitley, Patty Loveless, Vern Gosdin, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Billy Joe Royal, Irlene Mandrell, Lacy J. Dalton, Ralph Sloan, Curly Fox & Texas Ruby and The Desert Rose Band
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