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    • Jan 5, 1957
    Patsy Cline shows up late for her weekly TV appearance on Jimmy Dean's "Town And Country Jamboree" in Washington, D.C. Dean fires her
    Jan 16, 1957
    Little Richard records the R&B hit "Lucille" in Washington, D.C. Twenty-six years later, Waylon Jennings records a country version of the song
    Apr 8, 1957
    "Country Style," hosted by Jimmy Dean from the WTOP studios in Washington, D.C., debuts as a daytime program on CBS-TV, where it remains until December. The cast includes Billy Grammer
    May 1, 1957
    Keyboard player Jon Carroll is born in Washington, D.C. He's part of The Starland Vocal Band's pop hit "Afternoon Delight" and plays on country hits for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Pam Tillis and Radney Foster. He also authors Linda Ronstadt's pop success "Get Closer"
    Feb 8, 1960
    Congress begins hearings to investigate payola in music and radio. Future Academy of Country Music awards producer Dick Clark survives the scandal. Rock deejay Alan Freed, credited as a co-writer on "Sincerely," is destroyed
    Feb 24, 1960
    Songwriter Don Sampson is born at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He authors Brad Paisley's "Waitin' On A Woman," Alan Jackson's "Midnight In Montgomery" and Gary Allan's "Tough Little Boys"
    Mar 4, 1960
    Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver honors Elvis Presley's Army service in the Congressional Record, saying "this young American became just another G.I. Joe"
    Apr 29, 1960
    Dick Clark, the future producer of the Academy of Country Music Awards, tells a House subcommittee in Washington, D.C., that he never took payola but admits receiving gifts worth $7,000 and $4,400 from record executives
    Jan 20, 1961
    "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country": John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The next year, he is celebrated in Jimmy Dean's single "P.T. 109"
    May 19, 1961
    Chet Atkins performs for president John F. Kennedy at the annual White House news photographer dinner at a Washington, D.C., hotel. With Atkins are bassist Bob Moore, pianist Bill Purcell and drummer Buddy Harman
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