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Sep 2, 1959
Drummer Paul Deakin is born in Miami, Florida. He helps found The Mavericks, whose eclectic brand of country nets two awards apiece from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as Vocal Group of the Year in the 1990s
Sep 7, 1959
Columbia releases Ray Price's double-sided single "The Same Old Me" and "Under Your Spell Again"
Sep 8, 1959
The final installment of "The Jimmie Rodgers Show" airs after a five-month run in NBC's prime-time lineup
Sep 9, 1959
Capitol Records founder Johnny Mercer joins the guest lineup on the NBC telecast of "The Milton Berle Show"
Sep 10, 1959
Priscilla Beaulieu begins attending classes in Wiesbaden, Germany. Within two weeks, she meets future husband Elvis Presley
Sep 12, 1959
"Hometown Jamboree," a 10-year Southern California tradition produced by Cliffie Stone, airs for the last time on Los Angeles' KTLA-TV. It had featured such acts as Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dallas Frazier, Ferlin Husky and Lefty Frizzell
Sep 12, 1959
"Bonanza," the first western TV series broadcast in color, debuts on NBC, where it remains for 14 seasons. Guitarist Joe Maphis performs the instrumental theme song, and cast member Lorne Greene earns a pop/country hit in 1964, with "Ringo"
Sep 13, 1959
Specialist Elvis Presley meets 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu for the first time, while stationed with the Army in Germany
Sep 14, 1959
Bing and Kathy Crosby have a daughter, Mary Crosby, in Los Angeles, the same city where he recorded a country hit with The Andrews Sisters in 1944
Sep 14, 1959
The Stanley Brothers record "Mountain Dew" and "How Far To Little Rock" at the King Recording Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. They also cut "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow" for the second time in their career
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