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Texas declares its independence from Mexico and an interim government is formed. In one way or another, the independently-minded state of Texas will inspire numerous songs, including the folk song The Yellow Rose Of Texas, the much-covered 1941 composition Deep In The Heart Of Texas, The WASP [Texas Radio and the Big Beat] by The Doors [1971], and 100% Texan by Kevin Fowler.
Five members of a disreputable family known locally as The Black Donnellys is murdered by a vigilante-style mob in Biddulph Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. The killers are never brought to justice. The song Justice In Ontario by Steve Earle tells the story of how the Donnellys died.
Popular radio group The Billy McGinty Cowboy Band plays the last night of two weeks at the Orpheum Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Country music stars The Sons Of The Pioneers begin a lengthy tour which will conclude in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in September 1941, with a one-week's appearance on the Uncle Ezra radio program.
Ole Rasmussen And His Nebraska Cornhuskers record Gonna See My Sunday Baby Saturday Night, Which-a-way Will You Go?, Straighten Out Your Troubles (With The Lord) and The Sandhills Of Nebraska, at Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hank Williams is heard singing Lovesick Blues, Dear John and the Mother's Best Theme on the Mother's Best Flour radio show in the USA. On the same show, Audrey Williams And The Drifting Cowboys sing I'm Satisfied With Life and Something Got A Hold Of Me.
Five-year-old Neil Young is woken from sleep by pain in his shoulder and a high fever. He is rushed to hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and it becomes clear that he has contracted polio.
Hank Williams writes his classic song Your Cheatin' Heart.
Warney Ruhl And His Orchestra play for the New Year's Dance at Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The Andy Doll Band is playing in Clarksville, Iowa, USA.
Brenda Lee plays the third night of a pre-Christmas season in The Congo Room of The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Johnny Cash, The Tennessee Three, June Carter, Roger Miller, Gordon Terry and Johnny Western play in The Coliseum Ballroom, Davenport, Iowa, USA.
Ray Charles, His Orchestra and The Raelets play a live concert in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Ray Charles plays at Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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The Top Ten records being played on WABC Radio, New York City, USA, in the week beginning on this date, are as follows :

1. Be My Baby - The Ronettes (Philles)

2. Donna the Prima Donna - Dion (Columbia)

3. Washington Square - The Village Stompers (Epic)

4. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And the Fireballs (Dot)

5. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton (Epic)

6. I Can't Stay Mad at You - Skeeter Davis (RCA)

7. Deep Purple - Nino Tempo And April Stevens (Atco)

8. Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms And the Enchanters (United Artists]

9. Talk to Me - Sunny And The Sunglows (Teardrop)

10. Unchained Melody - Vito And The Salutations (Herald)

Ray Charles And His Raelets Revue play the first of seven nights at The Regal Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The New Christy Minstrels record Down The Road, at CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Country music guitarist Doc Watson and The Danny Kalb Quartet [later known as The Blues Project] play the eighth of fifteen nights at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Buck Owens releases a new EP, 4 By Buck Owens, in the USA on Capitol Records.
Johnny Bond records Johnny Overload, Hi Way Man, Ridge Route and other tracks in Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bill Anderson and The Po' Boys release the album Bright Light And Country Music on Decca Records in the USA.
Country Joe And The Fish begin recording Porpoise Mouth and The Masked Marauder for their debut LP, Electric Music For The Mind And Body, at Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, California, USA.
Roy Drusky, with producer Jerry Kennedy, records When The Snow Is On The Roses, Warm And Tender and Shadow Of Her Mind, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets play at Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden, Europe.
The two-album set Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home by Taj Mahal, peaks at No85 in the Billboard Top 100 Albums chart in the USA.
Conway Twitty releases a new album, To See My Angel Cry, on Decca Records in the USA.
The Byrds, Poco and Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen play the third of four nights at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA. (1970).
Grateful Dead leader Gerry Garcia's bluegrass band Old And In The Way is recorded live at The Boarding House in San Francisco, California, USA. Members include Peter Rowan and David Grisman, formerly of Boston band Earth Opera.
Country and rockabilly singer-songwriter Bob Luman dies aged 41 of pneumonia in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
When The Grateful Dead play at Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California, USA, Ken Kesey makes a guest appearance during the show.
The Proclaimers enter the UK singles chart with Sunshine On Leith, which will peak at No41.
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Neil Young ends a six-day tour of Japan, Asia, with a show at Shi Kokaido, Nagoya. The show will eventually be released on the bootleg, Japan Tour 89.
Brian May, guitarist of Queen, releases his second solo album, Back To The Light, on Hollywood Records in the USA.
Santana, with Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 on vocals, release a new single, Smooth, on Arista Records in the USA. It will win three Grammy Awards (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals). In 2013, Smooth will be ranked as the second most successful song of all time by Billboard.
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Lonestar released their fourth album, I'm Already There, in the USA.
When Elvis Costello plays in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, he is joined on stage by David Hidalgo of Los Lobos.
Lucinda Williams plays at The Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The Broken Family Band plays at The Spitz Club, London, England, UK, supported by Absentee.
While workers are restoring the former home of Johnny Cash and June Carter in Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA, for new owner Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees, the property burns to the ground. The conflagration is seen by onlookers including Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, Tommy Cash, T.G. Sheppard and several Oak Ridge Boys.
Two singles by Carrie Underwood, Wasted and So Small, are certified as gold discs by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Troubled country singer Mindy McCready is released from jail in Tennessee, USA, after serving half of a 60-day sentence for violating probation on a 2004 drug charge.
The video for the Taylor Swift song White Horse is debuted on CMT in the USA.
Jay Bennett, best-known as a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer and singer-songwriter with the Chicago-based band Wilco, dies unexpectedly in his sleep, aged 45, in Urbana, Illinois, USA. The Champaign County coroner will conclude that Bennett's death was accidental - the result of an overdose of the prescription painkiller fentanyl, which he took to cope with severe pains in his hip.
Little Feat play at The Rams Head Live, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Bill Callahan plays at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Taylor Swift plays at The O2 Arena, London, UK, supported by The Vamps.
When Billy Joel plays at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, he is joined onstage by country-rocker Zac Brown.
In the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles, California, USA, Mandy Moore files for divorce from her husband of five years, Ryan Adams, citing 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason.
The BBC Music Biggest Weekend Festival, a four-day event, continues at War Memorial Park, Coventry, England, UK, Europe, with acts including Liam Gallagher, Paloma Faith, UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro And Mickey, Billy Ocean, Snow Patrol, Jamie Cullum, The Selecter, Stereophonics, Turin Brakes and others. Meanwhile, at Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, acts appearing include Taylor Swift, Florence And The Machine, Thorty Seconds To Mars, Shawn Mendes, Camilla Cabello, Jason Derulo, Demi Lovato, Rita Ora, james Bay, Christine And The Queens, Panic! At The Disco and Hailee Steinfeld.
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