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    • Feb 21, 1957
    Buck Owens signs a recording contract with Capitol Records in the middle of a session with The Farmer Boys, a Capitol act for whom he is playing guitar
    Mar 23, 1957
    Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper finish a 10-year run on "The Wheeling Jamboree" in West Virginia, in preparation to move to Nashville, where they've already joined the Grand Ole Opry
    Apr 12, 1957
    RCA manager Steve Sholes appoints Chet Atkins as the label's musical director
    Apr 15, 1957
    Sun Records releases Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On"
    Jul 4, 1957
    The Country Gentlemen form in the Washington, D.C. area. The bluegrass band later counts among its members Ricky Skaggs and Dobro player Jerry Douglas
    Aug 30, 1957
    Buck Owens holds his inaugural recording session for Capitol Records at the label's studio in Los Angeles
    Nov 3, 1957
    Sun Records releases Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire"
    Nov 25, 1957
    Ralph Emery begins working as the all-night disc jockey on Nashville's WSM Radio
    Feb 19, 1958
    Carl Perkins signs a new recording contract with Columbia, effectively leaving Sun Records, where he started his career
    Mar 1, 1958
    Bob Dylan is paid to perform for the first time when his group, The Golden Chords, appears at the Armory in Hibbing, Minnesota. He goes on to write the Roger McGuinn & Chris Hillman hit "You Ain't Going Nowhere"



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