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    • Sep 20, 1955
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records the Merle Travis-written "Sixteen Tons" at the Capitol Recording Studio on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood
    Jan 4, 1956
    Merle Travis is arrested at his home, at 12406 Chandler Boulevard in Los Angeles, after pistol-whipping his wife during a drunken rage
    Mar 7, 1956
    Merle Travis and actress Judy Hayden are divorced, after seven years of marriage
    Jun 29, 1956
    Ebenezer, Kentucky, observes Merle Travis Day by unveiling a plaque that features the lyrics from the chorus of the Travis-penned "Sixteen Tons." The Everly Brothers attend the ceremony
    Aug 18, 1956
    Merle Travis' wife, Bettie Travis, is taken to North Hollywood Receiving Hospital with a suspected overdose of tranquilizers
    Nov 8, 1956
    Merle and Bettie Lou Travis remarry in Los Angeles after a judge had declared their Tijuana wedding invalid. The ceremony is witnessed by Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle
    Dec 5, 1956
    Merle and Bettie Travis are awarded custody of her two sons from a previous marriage by a Los Angeles judge
    Nov 14, 1958
    Late guitarist Jay Perkins is honored with a memorial concert in Memphis. On the bill: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Webb Pierce, Dickey Lee, Ernest Tubb, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Sonny Burgess, Merle Travis, Lefty Frizzell and Joe Maphis
    Jan 14, 1961
    "Town Hall Party," an influential country radio/TV show in Los Angeles, comes to a conclusion after nine years. Its regulars included Merle Travis, Tex Ritter, Freddie Hart and Joe Maphis
    Aug 4, 1961
    Merle Travis gives away the bride as his daughter, Pat Travis, marries Gene Eatherly
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