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  • Feb 17, 1963
    Dan Whitney--a.k.a. Larry The Cable Guy--is born in Pawnee City, Nebraska. Teamed with Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall in the Blue Collar Comedy Tours, the "get 'er done" comic is a background vocalist on Brad Paisley's "Camouflage"
    Feb 17, 1960
    Elvis Presley earns the first gold album of his career from the RIAA, for "Elvis"
    Feb 17, 1960
    The RCA compilation "60 Years Of Music America Loves Best" snags a gold album from the RIAA. Among its 30 tracks, primarily culled from pop and classical music, is Eddy Arnold's "Bouquet Of Roses"
    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
    Feb 17, 1960
    Johnny Cash records the George Jones-penned "Seasons Of My Heart" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Feb 17, 1959
    The Wilburn Brothers record "Somebody's Back In Town"
    Feb 17, 1958
    Johnny Cash's "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen" ascends to the top of the Billboard country singles chart
    Feb 17, 1955
    The Wilburn Brothers record "I Wanna Wanna Wanna"
    Feb 17, 1954
    Terry Fell records "Don't Drop It" at the RCA Studios in Hollywood. The session also yields "Truck Driving Man," a song that George Hamilton IV covers a decade later
    Feb 17, 1953
    Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper record "Are You Walking And A-Talking For The Lord" at the Castle Studio in Nashville. It ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

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