Jul 11, 1959

Minnie Pearl and Lew Childre guest on ABC-TV's "Jubilee U.S.A."

Jul 25, 1959

Stonewall Jackson sings "Waterloo" on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show." Rockabilly vocalist Carl Mann performs "Mona Lisa"

Aug 1, 1959

Little Jimmy Dickens guests on ABC's "Jubilee USA"

Aug 15, 1959

The Browns perform "The Three Bells" on ABC's telecast of "The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show"

Aug 23, 1959

Jimmy Dean appears on the NBC series "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show"

Aug 29, 1959

Johnny Horton performs "Johnny Reb" and "The Battle Of New Orleans" on ABC's telecast of "The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show"

Sep 8, 1959

The final installment of "The Jimmie Rodgers Show" airs after a five-month run in NBC's prime-time lineup

Sep 9, 1959

Capitol Records founder Johnny Mercer joins the guest lineup on the NBC telecast of "The Milton Berle Show"

Sep 12, 1959

"Bonanza," the first western TV series broadcast in color, debuts on NBC, where it remains for 14 seasons. Guitarist Joe Maphis performs the instrumental theme song, and cast member Lorne Greene earns a pop/country hit in 1964, with "Ringo"

Sep 12, 1959

"Hometown Jamboree," a 10-year Southern California tradition produced by Cliffie Stone, airs for the last time on Los Angeles' KTLA-TV. It had featured such acts as Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dallas Frazier, Ferlin Husky and Lefty Frizzell