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    • Jan 1, 1958
    Johnny Cash gives his first New Year's performance at San Quentin prison in California. He does several more in ensuing years
    Jan 3, 1958
    Lyricist Richard Adler marries actress Sally Ann Howes, known for her work on Broadway in "My Fair Lady." Seven years earlier, Adler had a country hit as a songwriter with Ernest Tubb and Red Foley's version of "The Strange Little Girl"
    Jan 4, 1958
    R&B artist Little Willie John records "Talk To Me, Talk To Me" in New York. The song becomes a country hit twice: once for Freddy Fender, and once for Mickey Gilley
    Jan 4, 1958
    Former country hitmaker Lawrence Welk appears on the cover of TV Guide
    Jan 4, 1958
    Bob Wills gives his blessing to rock & roll in The Tulsa Tribune: "Why, man, that's the same kind of music we've been playin' since 1928! It's just basic rhythm and has gone by a lot of different names in my time"
    Jan 5, 1958
    The Everly Brothers perform "Wake Up Little Susie" in New York on CBS' weekly program "The Ed Sullivan Show." The episode also features pop singer Johnnie Ray
    Jan 6, 1958
    Jerry Lee Lewis sews up the #1 spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Great Balls Of Fire"
    Jan 6, 1958
    Chuck Berry records "Johnny B. Goode" at the Chess Recording Studio in Chicago. The song has a future as a country hit, when Buck Owens remakes it in 1969
    Jan 7, 1958
    Bobby Helms cuts "Just A Little Lonesome" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio on Music Row in Nashville
    Jan 7, 1958
    RCA releases Elvis Presley's two-sided hit "Don't" and "I Beg Of You"
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