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    • Dec 17, 1952
    While on tour in Dallas, Hank Williams takes in a Bob Wills performance. It also marks the last day that Williams sees his former roommate, Ray Price
    Dec 19, 1952
    Hank Williams gives his final public performance at Austin's Skyline Club, attended by Justin Tubb. Williams admits to Tubb that the "walking the floor" line in "Your Cheatin' Heart" was inspired by Ernest Tubb's "Walking The Floor Over You"
    Dec 24, 1952
    Elvis Presley sings "Old Shep" and "Cold, Cold Icy Fingers" during his high school Christmas concert in Memphis
    Dec 28, 1952
    Hank Williams gives his final performance, for 130 people at a holiday party for members of the Musicians' Union in Montgomery
    Dec 31, 1952
    Guitarist Chuck Berry plays for the first time with piano player Johnnie Johnson in East St. Louis, Illinois. The two are bonded during the time Berry writes "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene" and "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
    Feb 22, 1953
    A benefit concert in Louisville raises $9,000 for Bill Monroe, who broke 19 bones in a January car accident. Among the artists on the bill: Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Red Foley, Lew Childre, Carl Smith and Mother Maybelle Carter & The Carter Sisters
    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
    Sep 20, 1953
    Roy Acuff kicks off a one-month tour of Pacific military bases, sponsored by the USO, just two months after the close of the Korean War. Moon Mullican sits in with the Smoky Mountain Boys
    Nov 6, 1953
    The Osborne Brothers perform publicly for the first time
    Jul 17, 1954
    Elvis Presley makes his first live appearance since holding his inaugural sessions at the Sun Recording Studio. He sings "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" during the set at Memphis' Bon Air Club



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