Mar 12, 1959

Johnny Cash records "I Got Stripes," "You Dreamer You" and "Five Feet High And Rising" in Nashville at the Bradley Recording Studio

Mar 16, 1959

Don Gibson records "Lonesome Old House" in the a.m. at Nashville's RCA Studio B

Mar 31, 1959

Bill Porter begins a four-year run as the engineer at RCA Studio B in Nashville, running the board for hits recorded by Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley

Apr 4, 1959

Bill Anderson makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, performing "That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium

Apr 5, 1959

Flatt & Scruggs record "The Cabin On The Hill" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. They also cut "Foggy Mountain Rock," which will be featured in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"

Apr 7, 1959

Marty Robbins records "El Paso" and "Big Iron" in the same recording session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville while cutting the entire "Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs" album in a single day

Apr 27, 1959

Eddy Arnold records "Tennessee Stud" at RCA Studio B in Nashville

Apr 28, 1959

Billy Walker becomes the first artist to record a Willie Nelson song, cutting "The Storm Within My Heart" at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville

May 15, 1959

Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-penned "I Ain't Never" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville

May 16, 1959

The Everly Brothers' Don Everly and his wife, Mary Sue, have a daughter, Venetia Ember Everly, in Nashville