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Mar 2, 1959
Sun releases a double-sided Johnny Cash single featuring "Luther Played The Boogie" and "Thanks A Lot." The former is a nod to Cash guitarist Luther Perkins
Mar 2, 1959
Decca releases Carl Belew's "Am I That Easy To Forget"
Mar 2, 1959
Restless Heart's Larry Stewart is born in Paducah, Kentucky. He sings lead on the band's singles in the 1980s before going solo in 1992. He scores one hit on his own with "Alright Already," then returns to the band when it re-forms in 1998
Mar 2, 1959
The Everly Brothers record in stereo for the first time at RCA Studio B in Nashville. The session yields two minor pop hits: "Take A Message To Mary" and "Poor Jenny"
Mar 3, 1959
Lefty Frizzell records "The Long Black Veil" during an evening session at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio, hours after Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill wrote it
Mar 4, 1959
Ricky Nelson performs "You Tear Me Up" in his role on the ABC sitcom "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet"
Mar 5, 1959
Bill Phillips and Mel Tillis record "Sawmill," three years before the Tillis-penned song becomes a hit for Webb Pierce
Mar 7, 1959
Throw this in the grocery bag, too: Walter Brennan, who will earn a 1962 country hit with the recitation "Old Rivers," appears on the cover of TV Guide
Mar 8, 1959
Country stars gather for a pair of concerts at Louisville's Freedom Hall to raise money for the newly-founded Country Music Association. On the bill: Johnny Cash, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Carl Smith and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Mar 9, 1959
Decca releases Webb Pierce's "A Thousand Miles To Go"
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