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    • Aug 26, 1955
    Songwriter Bob Miller dies in Nyack, New York. He authored Ernest Tubb's "Driftwood On The River"
    Oct 19, 1955
    The Ames Brothers record "It Only Hurts For A Little While" at the RCA Recording Studio in New York. Margo Smith has a country hit with the song in 1978
    Nov 4, 1955
    Broadway hosts a country show for the first time, as Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells and Johnnie & Jack begin a one-week run at the Palace Theater
    Nov 11, 1955
    Broadway composer Jerry Ross dies of a lung infection in New York. His credits include "Hernando's Hideaway," a song from the musical "The Pajama Game" that became a country hit the previous year when parodied by Homer & Jethro
    Nov 13, 1955
    Al Hibbler performs "Unchained Melody" on the CBS variety show "Toast Of The Town." The song will become a country hit twice: for Elvis Presley in 1978, and for LeAnn Rimes in 1997
    Nov 19, 1955
    Ivory Joe Hunter records "A Tear Fell" in New York. In 1977, Billy "Crash" Craddock re-records the song as a country hit
    Nov 20, 1955
    Having promised to perform the current country hit "Sixteen Tons," R&B act Bo Diddley instead does "Bo Diddley" on "The Ed Sullivan Show" from New York. The CBS host never invites Diddley to sing on the program again
    Nov 30, 1955
    Ray Charles records "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" at the Capitol Studios in New York. Years later, the song becomes a country hit for George Jones & Brenda Lee
    Dec 1, 1955
    Eddy Arnold records "You Don't Know Me" at New York's Webster Hall
    Dec 4, 1955
    Drummer Brian Prout is born in Troy, New York. He joins Diamond Rio, whose ace musicianship and strong harmonies lead to numerous Vocal Group of the Year awards and a bevy of hits during the 1990s and early 2000s 
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