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    • Jan 4, 1956
    Merle Travis is arrested at his home, at 12406 Chandler Boulevard in Los Angeles, after pistol-whipping his wife during a drunken rage
    Feb 22, 1956
    Frank Sinatra holds the inaugural recording session at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The cylindrical building hosts sessions for numerous future country hits, including records by Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Glen Campbell
    Feb 26, 1956
    Carl Smith records "Doorstep To Heaven," "You Are The One" and "Before I Met You" in an afternoon session at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
    Mar 14, 1956
    Boy Howdy guitarist Larry Park is born in Stockton, California. The group fashions two hits, "A Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart" and "She'd Give Anything," before disbanding in 1996
    Mar 26, 1956
    Elvis Presley begins a three-day screen test for movie producer Hal Wallis in Los Angeles. He sings "Blue Suede Shoes" and reads dialogue from "The Rainmaker" with actor Frank Faylen
    Apr 3, 1956
    Elvis Presley appears on NBC's "The Milton Berle Show" from the deck of the U.S.S. Hancock in San Diego. He sings "Shake, Rattle And Roll," "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel," and Berle repeatedly calls him Elvin during a comedy sketch
    Apr 6, 1956
    Capitol Records opens its new Hollywood headquarters, the world's first round office building, at the corner of Hollywood & Vine. Among the artists who record in the studio: Buck Owens, Glen Campbell, Dwight Yoakam and Merle Haggard
    May 9, 1956
    Buck Owens' third son, Johnny Dale Owens, is born in California
    May 13, 1956
    Harry, Abe and Jack Warner sell Warner Bros. Pictures for $22 million. The next day, Jack Warner buys it back. Within two years, the company adds a record label, eventually associated with Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr. and Faith Hill
    Jun 2, 1956
    Elvis Presley arrives in Oakland, California, where Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana and Bill Black accuse him of recording "Be-Bop-A-Lula" with other musicians behind their backs. Presley assures them the record belongs to Gene Vincent
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