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Mar 25, 1958
Elvis Presley receives a standard G.I. haircut at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. As he gets his buzzcut, he quips, "Hair today, gone tomorrow!"
Mar 27, 1958
New soldier Elvis Presley receives shots from the Army for typhoid and tetanus at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, days after the start of a two-year stint
Nov 10, 1958
"Bring It On Home To Me" songwriter Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls are injured when their car rams a truck near Marion, Arkansas. Their chauffeur is killed in the accident
Feb 6, 1960
R&B singer Jesse Belvin dies in a car crash in Fairhope, Arkansas. A co-writer of The Penguins' hit "Earth Angel," he earns a country hit 10 years later as a songwriter after Slim Whitman covers "Guess Who"
Feb 16, 1960
Bass player Doug Phelps is born in Leachville, Arkansas. He becomes a founding member of The Kentucky HeadHunters but leaves in 1992 with his sibling, Ricky Lee, to form Brother Phelps. He rejoins The HeadHunters in 1996
Aug 22, 1960
Floyd Collin Wraye is born in DeQueen, Arkansas. Under the stage name Collin Raye, he uses a powerhouse voice to make commercially successful social statements through such hits as "Little Rock," "In This Life" and "I Think About You"
Jan 5, 1961
Iris DeMent is born in Paragould, Arkansas. Combining folk and traditional country elements, she covers "Big City" on the Merle Haggard tribute album "Tulare Dust." Her name inspires the title of The Goo Goo Dolls' Grammy-nominated rock song "Iris"
Apr 2, 1961
Buddy Jewell is born in Osceola, Arkansas. After singing on demos for a number of years in Music City, he wins the first "Nashville Star" TV competition in 2003, leading to a recording contract and a gold album
Oct 2, 1961
Joy Lynn White is born in Turrell, Arkansas. A highly regarded singer with a powerful voice, she signs with Columbia Records in the 1990s and is part of a mass choir of artists that sings "Amazing Grace" on the "Maverick" soundtrack
Aug 29, 1966
Singer/songwriter Shawn Camp is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Signed to Reprise in the 1990s, he nets hits as a songwriter with George Strait's "River Of Love," Garth Brooks' "Two Pina Coladas" and Josh Turner's "Would You Go With Me"
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