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Jan 24, 1955
Bob Wills holds his first recording session in a new contract with Decca Records
Sep 29, 1955
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" in Nashville. The song becomes a hit for Ray Price two years later
Oct 7, 1955
Elvis Presley attends a Bob Wills concert at Cook's Hoedown Club in Houston, Texas
Apr 13, 1956
The Los Angeles Times reports Spade Cooley has suffered a minor heart attack. He's expected to be back on KTLA-TV for "The Spade Cooley Show" the following evening
Jun 15, 1956
Bob Wills' ballroom at Wills Point, near Sacramento, is destroyed by fire
Jan 4, 1958
Bob Wills gives his blessing to rock & roll in The Tulsa Tribune: "Why, man, that's the same kind of music we've been playin' since 1928! It's just basic rhythm and has gone by a lot of different names in my time"
Oct 5, 1958
Barty Brown, the father of Musical Brownies Milton and Derwood Brown, dies in Fort Worth, Texas. Both sons served as leaders and original members of the band, one of the influential acts in the development of western swing
Jun 12, 1959
After a decade on the local airwaves, "The Spade Cooley Show" appears in the KTLA schedule in The Los Angeles Times TV listings for the last time. During part of its run, the show was called "The Hoffman Hayride." Its theme song: "Shame On You"
Jun 27, 1959
Bob Wills and Cecil Brower team up for a fiddle breakdown on the weekly ABC-TV series "Jubilee USA"
Aug 31, 1959
Riverside Rancho, formerly a live stomping ground for western swing's Spade Cooley, is deliberately burned to the ground, a training opportunity for Los Angeles firefighters
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