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Jun 13, 1956
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters buys San Francisco radio station KSFO for a cool $1 million
Jun 15, 1956
Bob Wills' ballroom at Wills Point, near Sacramento, is destroyed by fire
Aug 18, 1956
Merle Travis' wife, Bettie Travis, is taken to North Hollywood Receiving Hospital with a suspected overdose of tranquilizers
Aug 22, 1956
Elvis Presley begins filming his first movie, "The Reno Brothers," in Los Angeles. By the time of its release, it's re-titled "Love Me Tender"
Aug 23, 1956
A dozen years after he appeared on the Billboard country charts, Nat "King" Cole addresses the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
Aug 24, 1956
Elvis Presley records "Love Me Tender" at the 20th Century Fox Studios in Hollywood
Sep 1, 1956
Elvis Presley buys his mother a pink Cadillac and records "Love Me" at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles
Sep 2, 1956
Elvis Presley records "Too Much" at Radio Recorders in Hollywood
Sep 7, 1956
Songwriter Diane Warren is born in Van Nuys, California. Primarily a pop composer, she earns country hits with Trisha Yearwood's "How Do I Live," Mark Chesnutt's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," Sara Evans' "I Could Not Ask For More" and Tim McGraw & Faith Hill's "Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me"
Sep 8, 1956
Jimmy Boyd is arrested for reckless driving in Los Angeles after he was spotted drag racing and skidded into a fire hydrant on Kester Avenue trying to elude the police. Boyd is fined $100
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