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    • Jan 1, 1955
    Colonel Tom Parker becomes Hank Snow's manager
    Jan 1, 1955
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs move to Nashville to make regular appearances on WSM's radio and television stations, and the Grand Ole Opry
    Jan 1, 1955
    Elvis Presley's second management contract, with Bob Neal, goes into effect. Neal will receive 15% of Presley's earnings, plus 10% for promotional expenses
    Jan 22, 1955
    Carl Perkins has his first recording session for Sun Records
    Jan 25, 1955
    Carl Perkins signs a two-year recording contract with Sun Records
    Jan 31, 1955
    Jim Reeves and Abbott Records chief Fabor Robison tangle with a handgun in a Los Angeles recording studio, with Reeves ultimately demanding his release from the label. Nearly three weeks later, Abbott announces Reeves is leaving
    Feb 6, 1955
    Elvis Presley meets for the first time with Colonel Tom Parker at Palumbo's, across the street from Memphis' Ellis Auditorium, where he performs two shows with Faron Young, Martha Carson, Ferlin Husky and The Wilburn Brothers
    Feb 19, 1955
    Fabor Robison announces he's given Jim Reeves his release from Abbott Records in exchange for all of Reeves' future Abbott royalties. The announcement comes not quite three weeks after the two argued in the recording studio with a handgun
    Mar 23, 1955
    Jim Reeves signs his first RCA Records contract
    May 31, 1955
    Jim Reeves records "Yonder Comes A Sucker" during his first RCA recording session, at the label's studio on McGavock Street in Nashville



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