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Mar 22, 1958
Hank Williams Jr. makes his public stage debut at the age of eight, singing "Lovesick Blues" at the Nancy Auditorium in Swainsboro, Georgia. The facility is owned by Webb Pierce and music executive Jim Denny
May 22, 1958
Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London, where he admits he's married his teenage cousin, Myra. He's booed offstage and forced to cancel 34 of his 37 scheduled concerts
Aug 1, 1958
Johnny Cash signs with Columbia Records, where he remains for more than 25 years
Aug 17, 1958
Charlie Rich has his first recording session for Sun Records in Memphis
Sep 10, 1958
Waylon Jennings has his very first recording session in Clovis, New Mexico, with Buddy Holly producing. He records "Jole Blon"
Oct 5, 1958
While watching the World Series on TV in his East Peoria, Illinois, home, Lee Stoller hears his wife singing in the kitchen. He convinces her to pursue music for a living, launching the career of Cristy Lane
Oct 28, 1958
Buddy Holly holds his final recording session, three months before he dies in a plane crash. Holly had become the first person to produce Waylon Jennings, and his song "True Love Ways" would later become a country hit for Mickey Gilley
Oct 31, 1958
Mel McDaniel makes money for performing for the first time when he appears at a talent contest in school in Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Jan 23, 1959
Buddy Holly performs in Milwaukee, where the temperature is 25 below, sharing the bill with Ritchie Valens, Frankie Sardo, The Big Bopper and Dion. Waylon Jennings plays bass for Holly on what proves to be the first date on Holly's final tour
Feb 17, 1960
The Everly Brothers sign a record-setting $1,000,000 contract with Warner Bros., the recording arm of the motion picture company
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