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    • Apr 2, 1959
    Dean Townson, from Pirates Of The Mississippi, is born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He plays bass on their lone hit, 1991's "Feed Jake"
    Apr 3, 1959
    "Battle Of New Orleans" songwriter Jimmy Driftwood performs at a Folksong '59 concert at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall, along with Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Mike and Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax
    Apr 4, 1959
    The Everly Brothers perform "Poor Jenny" on ABC-TV's "The Dick Clark Show"
    Apr 4, 1959
    The John Wayne movie "Rio Bravo" opens in theaters. Ricky Nelson has a part in the flick, as do Dean Martin and Walter Brennan
    Apr 4, 1959
    Bill Anderson makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, performing "That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
    Apr 5, 1959
    Bill Anderson records "Ninety-Nine"
    Apr 5, 1959
    Flatt & Scruggs record "The Cabin On The Hill" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. They also cut "Foggy Mountain Rock," which will be featured in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Apr 6, 1959
    Johnny Horton heats up the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)"
    Apr 6, 1959
    Capitol releases Hank Thompson's "Anybody's Girl"
    Apr 6, 1959
    Columbia releases Ray Price's "Heartaches By The Number"
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