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Feb 1, 1954
Guitarist Mike Campbell is born in Panama City, Florida. A member of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, he appears on Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
Feb 10, 1954
"Phantom Stallion" debuts in theaters, with Rex Allen and Slim Pickens starring. It's considered the last of the singing-cowboy westerns
Feb 14, 1954
Eddy Arnold records "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" at Thomas Production Studio in Nashville. Faron Young cuts the definitive version 11 months later
Feb 17, 1954
Terry Fell records "Don't Drop It" at the RCA Studios in Hollywood. The session also yields "Truck Driving Man," a song that George Hamilton IV covers a decade later
Feb 18, 1954
Actor John Travolta is born in Englewood, New Jersey. After starring in "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease," he becomes a focal point of the trend toward country music and fashion during 1980, thanks to his role in the movie "Urban Cowboy"
Feb 20, 1954
Webb Pierce rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of 17 straight weeks with "Slowly"
Feb 20, 1954
Bluegrass performer Claire Lynch is born in Poughkeepsie, New York. The plaintive singer begins her career with The Front Porch String Band, earning Grammy nominations with two solo albums, "Moonlighter" and "Silver And Gold"
Feb 20, 1954
Eddy Arnold is a special guest on NBC-TV's "The Spike Jones Show"
Feb 21, 1954
Keyboard player Billy Earhart is born in Tullahoma, Tennessee. He joins The Amazing Rhythm Aces, appearing on all three of their hits: "Third Rate Romance," "Amazing Grace (Used To Be Her Favorite Song)" and Grammy-winner "The End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
Feb 21, 1954
Johnnie & Jack record "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely"
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