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  • Feb 2, 1959
    Buddy Holly plays his final concert, using a band that includes Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup, at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. It's also the last show for J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Ritchie Valens
    Feb 7, 1959
    The day of Buddy Holly's funeral, his band--including Waylon Jennings--is forced to stay on the road, playing the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines
    Mar 8, 1959
    Country stars gather for a pair of concerts at Louisville's Freedom Hall to raise money for the newly-founded Country Music Association. On the bill: Johnny Cash, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Carl Smith and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
    Mar 18, 1959
    Brenda Lee performs a historic show at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France, where she's been billed by the promoter as a midget
    Mar 22, 1959
    Jim Reeves performs the final concert in his first Las Vegas engagement, a two-week run at The Showboat
    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
    Jul 12, 1959
    Earl Scruggs performs at the first Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island using Hylo Brown & The Timberliners as his backing group
    Aug 30, 1959
    A Salute to Dick Clark yields a sold-out show at the historic Hollywood Bowl with guests Jerry Wallace, Duane Eddy, Skip & Flip (Skip Battin & Gary Paxton), Rusty York, Jan & Dean, Anita Bryant and Ernie Freeman, who performs "Raunchy"
    Oct 9, 1959
    At age 22, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest performer to headline the Copa Room at Las Vegas' Sands Hotel. The date comes six months after he earned a hit with "Dream Lover," destined to become a country success for Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Jan 1, 1960
    Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin Prison in California




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