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Mar 19, 1948
Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to singer Hank Williams, refusing to lend him money just two days after wiring him $400. "For the present," Rose writes, "I am fed up with all your foolishness"
Apr 3, 1948
Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to Hank Williams begging him to straighten out his life: "Forget the fire water and let me take care of your business"
May 7, 1948
Republic Pictures president Herb Yates writes a letter to The Sons Of The Pioneers, ending their movie contract with the Los Angeles studio
May 16, 1955
An intelligence officer writes to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover that Elvis Presley is a "definite danger to the security of the United States" and "possibly a drug addict and a sexual pervert." The letter is placed in an FBI file on The King
Dec 14, 1955
Frank Sinatra sends a telegram to Tennessee Ernie Ford, congratulating him on "Sixteen Tons": "It's a gasser"
Feb 11, 1956
Houston-based music publisher Curt Peeples sends a letter to Sun Records' Sam Phillips claiming he owns the copyright to "Blue Suede Shoes." Phillips sends back a letter stating that Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash co-wrote it; Peeples never responds
Feb 22, 1956
Patsy Cline tells fan club president Treva Miller in a letter that she "still can't say I'm satisfied" after moving into a new 33-foot trailer, and that she may leave Gerald Cline. If they divorce, she says, "I'm certainly not going to marry again"
Mar 19, 1956
Patsy Cline sends a letter to fan club president Treva Miller from her mother's home in Winchester, Virginia, to say she's left husband Gerald Cline: "He told me if I was gonna sing, I wasn't going to live with him. So I'm back home"
Mar 23, 1956
Elvis Presley sends a telegram from Richmond, Virginia, to Carl Perkins at General Hospital in Dover, Delaware, where he's recovering from a car accident: "Our wishes are for a speedy recovery for you and the boys"
Jul 20, 1956
Patsy Cline writes tiredly to fan club president Treva Miller: "I'm working six days a week and I've been going to the Dr. He says I'm not getting enough rest and he's going to put me in bed about three days a week or the hospital if I don't slow down"
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