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    • Oct 8, 1955
    Eddy Arnold registers a #1 country single in Billboard with "The Cattle Call"
    Oct 19, 1955
    The Ames Brothers record "It Only Hurts For A Little While" at the RCA Recording Studio in New York. Margo Smith has a country hit with the song in 1978
    Oct 28, 1955
    Colonel Tom Parker receives a telegram from RCA saying the label will pay no more than $25,000 to buy out Elvis Presley's contract from Sun. Sun owner Sam Phillips holds out for $35,000
    Nov 8, 1955
    Hank Locklin records the George Jones-penned "Why Baby Why" at the Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission in Nashville
    Nov 21, 1955
    In a deal engineered by Colonel Tom Parker, RCA Records buys Elvis Presley's contract and master tapes from Sam Phillips' Sun Records for $35,000. The papers are signed at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis
    Dec 13, 1955
    Hank Snow records "These Hands"
    Jan 9, 1956
    Porter Wagoner records "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came To Your House)" and the Bill Monroe song "Uncle Pen" during an evening session at the RCA Studios on McGavock Street in Nashville
    Jan 10, 1956
    Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" during his first Nashville session, held at the Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission. The studio date also includes his cover of Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman"
    Jan 11, 1956
    Elvis Presley records "I Was The One" at the RCA Studios in Nashville
    Jan 27, 1956
    RCA releases Elvis Presley's first single with the label, "Heartbreak Hotel"
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