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    • Apr 3, 1961
    Folk figure Pete Seeger is sentenced in New York to 10 one-year prison terms for contempt of Congress, after a lengthy investigation into Communist activities. The conviction is overturned in 1962. Two years earlier, Seeger's "Gotta Travel On" became a country hit for Billy Grammer
    Apr 3, 1961
    Decca releases Brenda Lee's pop hit "You Can Depend On Me"
    Apr 3, 1961
    Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime
    Apr 3, 1960
    Elvis Presley records "It's Now Or Never" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Apr 3, 1960
    The Everly Brothers start their first tour of the United Kingdom
    Apr 3, 1959
    "Battle Of New Orleans" songwriter Jimmy Driftwood performs at a Folksong '59 concert at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall, along with Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Mike and Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax
    Apr 3, 1958
    Bass player and songwriter Carl Goff Jr. is born. A member of Toby Keith's road band, he co-writes Keith's hits "Upstairs Downtown" and "You Ain't Much Fun"
    Apr 3, 1958
    "Don't Fence Me In" songwriter Cole Porter has his right leg amputated mid-thigh at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Porter never writes a song again
    Apr 3, 1956
    Elvis Presley appears on NBC's "The Milton Berle Show" from the deck of the U.S.S. Hancock in San Diego. He sings "Shake, Rattle And Roll," "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel," and Berle repeatedly calls him Elvin during a comedy sketch
    Apr 3, 1955
    Elvis Presley receives a speeding ticket outside of Shreveport
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