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Jul 1, 1959
Johnny Horton records "Johnny Reb" during the evening at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio on Nashville's Music Row
Jul 3, 1959
RCA releases The Browns' "The Three Bells"
Jul 3, 1959
Patsy Cline records "Life's Railway To Heaven" at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio. It eventually appears in the 2006 soundtrack to the movie "The Notorious Bettie Page"
Jul 4, 1959
Bill McCorvey, from Pirates Of The Mississippi, is born in Montgomery, Alabama. He sings lead when the band scores a hit in 1991 with "Feed Jake"
Jul 5, 1959
Singer/songwriter Marc Cohn is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He gains a pop hit in 1991 with "Walking In Memphis," successfully remade by Lonestar as a country hit in 2003
Jul 6, 1959
Columbia releases Johnny Cash's double-sided hit, "I Got Stripes" backed with "Five Feet High And Rising"
Jul 7, 1959
Janis Joplin enrolls at Port Arthur Business College to develop clerical skills. She lasts just one month. Her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a book published by the Country Music Foundation
Jul 7, 1959
The Everly Brothers record "('Til) I Kissed You" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
Jul 11, 1959
Minnie Pearl and Lew Childre guest on ABC-TV's "Jubilee U.S.A."
Jul 11, 1959
"Slippin' And Slidin'" songwriter Little Richard shows up six hours late for his wedding to Ernestine Campbell at his home in Los Angeles
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