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    • May 19, 1950
    Johnny Cash performs "The Whiffenpoof Song" at his high school graduation ceremony in Dyess, Arkansas
    Sep 28, 1950
    Jerry Lee Lewis begins taking classes at the Southwestern Bible Institute in Waxahachie, Texas. He lasts just three months before dropping out
    Mar 13, 1951
    The Southern Baptist Convention buys Ward Belmont College in Nashville. The school opens a music business program in the 1970s, providing a link to the industry for students Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Josh Turner, Brad Paisley and Florida Georgia Line, among others
    May 25, 1951
    Faron Young graduates from Fair Park High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, ranked #236 in a class of 244
    Apr 9, 1953
    Elvis Presley sings a Teresa Brewer song, "Till I Waltz Again With You," at the annual minstrel show in the auditorium at Humes High School in Memphis. Most of his classmates are surprised to learn he sings
    Jun 3, 1953
    Elvis Presley graduates from Humes High School in Memphis
    May 27, 1955
    Buddy Holly graduates from Lubbock High School. A mentor of Waylon Jennings, his "True Love Ways" becomes a country hit for Mickey Gilley
    Nov 5, 1956
    Elvis Presley attends the opening of the Beginner Driver Range in Memphis, the first driving school in the nation sponsored by the police department
    May 23, 1959
    Priscilla Beaulieu graduates from junior high school in Austin, Texas, just months before she meets Elvis Presley in Germany
    Jun 5, 1959
    Bob Dylan, still known as Bobby Zimmerman, graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota. Five years later, he is to record "It Ain't Me, Babe," destined to become a country hit in the hands of Johnny Cash



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