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    • Sep 10, 1956
    Bobby Bare holds the first recording session of his career, at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood. His backing band includes Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West, Buck Owens and future Buckaroo drummer Pee Wee Adams
    Sep 20, 1956
    Wanda Jackson records the original version of "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood. It takes nearly two decades for the song to become a hit, when it's remade by Linda Ronstadt
    Sep 21, 1956
    Filming concludes on Elvis Presley's first movie, "Love Me Tender," in Los Angeles
    Sep 29, 1956
    Christian singer/songwriter Bob Carlisle is born in Los Angeles. He writes Dolly Parton's "Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That" and gains a pop hit as an artist by recording "Butterfly Kisses," remade in country music by The Raybon Brothers
    Oct 9, 1956
    Instrumental partners Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West hold what proves to be their final recording session as a duo in Los Angeles
    Oct 19, 1956
    Sax player and band leader Isham Jones dies in Hollywood. He wrote "It Had To Be You," "You're In The Army Now" and "My Best To You," an Eddy Howard pop hit that was re-constructed for the country charts by the Sons Of The Pioneers
    Oct 21, 1956
    Carrie Fisher is born in Beverly Hills. The daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, the "Star Wars" actress marries Paul Simon in 1983, three years after his song "The Boxer" became a hit for Emmylou Harris
    Nov 8, 1956
    Merle and Bettie Lou Travis remarry in Los Angeles after a judge had declared their Tijuana wedding invalid. The ceremony is witnessed by Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle
    Dec 5, 1956
    Merle and Bettie Travis are awarded custody of her two sons from a previous marriage by a Los Angeles judge
    Dec 6, 1956
    Guitarist Peter Buck is born in Berkeley, California. He becomes a founding member of the Georgia-based rock band R.E.M., namechecked in Darius Rucker's 2017 country hit "For The First Time"
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