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    • May 23, 1959
    Priscilla Beaulieu graduates from junior high school in Austin, Texas, just months before she meets Elvis Presley in Germany
    Jun 19, 1959
    Singer/songwriter Jim Collins is born in Nacogdoches, Texas. He writes Kenny Chesney's "The Good Stuff," Jason Aldean's "Big Green Tractor," Chad Brock's "Yes!" and Thompson Square's "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not," among others
    Jul 7, 1959
    Janis Joplin enrolls at Port Arthur Business College to develop clerical skills. She lasts just one month. Her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a book published by the Country Music Foundation
    Jul 20, 1959
    Singer/songwriter Radney Foster is born in Del Rio, Texas. He joins Bill Lloyd in the 1980s duo Foster & Lloyd, develops a solo career and authors such hits as Sara Evans' "A Real Fine Place To Start" and Keith Urban's "I'm In"
    Aug 3, 1959
    Johnny Horton's father, John "Lolly" Horton, dies in Rusk, Texas
    Aug 7, 1959
    Janis Joplin quits Port Arthur Business College after just one month. Her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" becomes one of country's 500 greatest singles, according to the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 17, 1960
    Janis Joplin is suspended at high school in Port Arthur, Texas. She eventually gets her degree--and delivers a recording of "Me And Bobby McGee," regarded among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
    Aug 14, 1960
    "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" singer Jimmy Boyd marries actress Yvonne Craig in Dallas. They depart after the wedding for a honeymoon in Mexico City
    Sep 26, 1960
    Doug Supernaw is born at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan, Texas. The rough-necked performer has a handful of successful singles in the 1990s, most notably "Reno" and "I Don't Call Him Daddy"
    Oct 14, 1960
    Democratic vice presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson concludes a five-day train campaign of the South in New Orleans. While riding the LBJ Special, he heard the Ernest Tubb hit "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" played more than 100 times at stops
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