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    • Apr 12, 1957
    RCA manager Steve Sholes appoints Chet Atkins as the label's musical director
    Sep 1, 1957
    Chet Atkins becomes the manager of RCA's Nashville operations when Steve Sholes is appointed to run the label's pop division
    Mar 11, 1958
    Fred Foster founds Monument Records in Baltimore, Maryland. Later relocating in Nashville, the label goes on to represent such acts as Roy Orbison, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Billy Swan and, in the 1990s, The Dixie Chicks. Monument is reactivated in 2017, launching Walker Hayes
    May 1, 1958
    KLLL signs on the air in Lubbock, Texas. Among its disc jockeys in its first year of operation: Waylon Jennings
    Jul 21, 1958
    Warner Bros. Records takes out its first ad in a trade magazine, billing itself as "the first name in sound." The company eventually releases albums by Randy Travis, Faith Hill, Hank Williams Jr. and Blake Shelton
    Sep 1, 1958
    The fledgling Warner Bros. Records releases its first albums, an undistinguished lot. Eventually, the label adds a country division, with hit albums from Faith Hill, Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr. and Blake Shelton, among others
    Sep 5, 1958
    The Country Music Association is chartered in Nashville. The CMA becomes a major marketing force for country music, best known for its annual awards show
    Dec 8, 1958
    The Country Music Association hires its first employee, secretary Jo Walker-Meador, in Nashville. She later ascends to executive director, ultimately joining the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 1, 1959
    Ray Price founds the Pamper Music publishing company with Hal Smith and Claude Caviness. It develops songwriters Hank Cochran, Willie Nelson and Harlan Howard, yielding such titles as "Make The World Go Away," "Crazy" and "I Fall To Pieces"
    Jan 12, 1959
    Berry Gordy Jr. founds Motown Records in Detroit. The company establishes a country label, Melodyland, in the mid-1970s, launching T.G. Sheppard's first hits, "Devil In The Bottle" and "Tryin' To Beat The Morning Home"



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