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    • Jan 4, 1955
    Kathy Forester, of The Forester Sisters, is born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The Foresters emerge as a rare all-female harmony group in 1985, and the quartet scores 15 hits in the next six years
    Jan 6, 1955
    Red Sovine and Goldie Hill record "Are You Mine" at the Castle Studio in Nashville
    Jan 6, 1955
    Judy Bailey is born in Winchester, Kentucky. She appears as a duet vocalist on Moe Bandy's 1980 hit "Following The Feeling"
    Jan 6, 1955
    Roy Acuff ends a one-month USO tour of Alaska, in which he crossed the Arctic Circle while performing for American soldiers
    Jan 8, 1955
    Carl Smith's "Loose Talk" logs the first of seven weeks at the top of the Billboard country singles chart
    Jan 9, 1955
    Jim Reeves makes his national television debut on CBS-TV's "Toast Of The Town." The variety show is later renamed "The Ed Sullivan Show"
    Jan 15, 1955
    Colonel Tom Parker attends the Louisiana Hayride at Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium, watching Elvis Presley for probably the first time. Within weeks, Parker is attempting to sign Presley to a management contract
    Jan 15, 1955
    Bob and Betty Wills have their fourth child, a daughter named Cindy Wills
    Jan 15, 1955
    Kitty Wells records "Makin' Believe" and "I'd Rather Stay Home" at the Bradley Studio on Hillsboro Road in Nashville
    Jan 17, 1955
    "Town And Country Time," produced by country music promoter Connie B. Gay, debuts on WMAL-TV in Washington, D.C. The daily half-hour show is hosted by Jimmy Dean. The cast includes George Hamilton IV and--in short order--Roy Clark
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