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Dec 1, 1958
The Green Bay Packers select running back Alex Hawkins as the 13th player taken in the NFL draft at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. Hawkins will be credited in 1992 as a co-writer on the Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
Dec 1, 1958
Columbia releases Ray Price's "That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome"
Dec 1, 1958
Decca releases The Wilburn Brothers' "Which One Is To Blame"
Dec 1, 1958
Maria Elena Holly gives her husband, "True Love Ways" songwriter Buddy Holly, a gold watch for an early Christmas present. Barely two months later, the timepiece is found in the rubble of his fatal plane crash
Dec 1, 1958
Bill Monroe records "Gotta Travel On" in Nashville
Dec 1, 1958
Ricky Nelson is featured on the cover of Life magazine
Dec 1, 1958
Actress Charlene Tilton is born in San Diego, California. She gains fame for her role as Lucy Ewing on "Dallas" and is at her peak in popularity when she meets and marries Johnny Lee. The marriage lasts two years in the early-1980s
Dec 2, 1958
Jimmy Stoneman, bass player for The Stoneman Family, welcomes a daughter, Jeanette Joyce Stoneman
Dec 4, 1958
South Carolina running back Alex Hawkins is named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press. In 1992, he will be listed as a co-writer on the Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
Dec 4, 1958
Eddy Arnold records "Chip Off The Old Block" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
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