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    • Dec 1, 1957
    The last installment of "The Nat King Cole Show" airs on NBC-TV. The show has trouble attracting advertisers, fearful of associating with a black host. Cole had two singles on an early version of the country chart in 1944
    Dec 1, 1957
    Buddy Holly makes his TV debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," singing "That'll Be The Day." Sam Cooke sings "You Send Me" on the same program, while Bobby Helms delivers "My Special Angel"
    Dec 1, 1957
    Singer/songwriter Kim Richey is born in Zanesville, Ohio. Her credits include Radney Foster's "Nobody Wins" and Trisha Yearwood's "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"
    Dec 2, 1957
    "Jailhouse Rock" gives Elvis Presley a #1 country single in Billboard magazine
    Dec 2, 1957
    Decca releases Bobby Helms' Christmas single "Jingle Bell Rock"
    Dec 3, 1957
    Don Gibson records "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome Me" in a morning session at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Dec 4, 1957
    Johnnie & Jack record "Stop The World (And Let Me Off)"
    Dec 5, 1957
    Patsy Cline and host Red Foley duet on the ABC series "Country Music Jubilee"
    Dec 8, 1957
    Guitarist Phil Collen is born in London. He joins the rock band Def Leppard in 1982, co-writing the signature hit "Pour Some Sugar On Me." It will be referenced in Keith Urban's 2019 country hit "We Were"
    Dec 8, 1957
    The Platters perform "Only You (And You Alone)" from New York on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song is destined to become a country hit for Reba McEntire
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