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    • Jan 25, 1955
    Carl Perkins signs a two-year recording contract with Sun Records
    Feb 19, 1955
    Fabor Robison announces he's given Jim Reeves his release from Abbott Records in exchange for all of Reeves' future Abbott royalties. The announcement comes not quite three weeks after the two argued in the recording studio with a handgun
    Jun 8, 1955
    MGM chief Frank Walker telegrams Sun Records' Sam Phillips with an offer to buy Elvis Presley's recording contract. It's the latest among a series of offers from Decca, Capitol, Mercury, Chess, Atlantic and Dot
    Jul 25, 1955
    Columbia signs The Collins Kids to a recording contract. It never amounts to any hits, but it's an important step in the career of California songwriter Larry Collins, who writes such hits as "Delta Dawn" and "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
    Nov 8, 1955
    The Everly Brothers sign their first recording contract with Columbia. In their inaugural session, conducted the following day, they record four songs in 22 minutes
    Nov 10, 1955
    Roy Drusky signs with Columbia Records, his second stint with a label. He has four sessions over the next two years but fails to connect commercially
    Nov 21, 1955
    In a deal engineered by Colonel Tom Parker, RCA Records buys Elvis Presley's contract and master tapes from Sam Phillips' Sun Records for $35,000. The papers are signed at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis
    May 21, 1956
    Brenda Lee signs her first recording contract, with Decca Records
    Sep 8, 1956
    Singer/songwriter Eddie Cochran signs a recording contract with Liberty Records, where he records the original version of "Summertime Blues." The song will become a 1994 country hit for Alan Jackson
    Nov 5, 1956
    Don Gibson signs with RCA Records



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