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    • Jan 17, 1955
    Rockabilly artist Charlie Feathers holds his first recording session at producer Sam Phillips' Sun Recording Studio in Memphis. The band includes steel player Stan Kesler, with whom Feathers writes Elvis Presley's "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"
    Jan 17, 1955
    Singer/songwriter Steve Earle is born at the Army hospital in Fort Monroe, Virginia. His gritty 1986 album "Guitar Town" subsequently becomes an influential signpost for the alt-country movement
    Jan 21, 1955
    Carl Smith records "Wait A Little Longer Please, Jesus" during an evening session at Nashville's Castle Studio
    Jan 22, 1955
    Carl Perkins has his first recording session for Sun Records
    Jan 22, 1955
    "Ozark Jubilee," featuring Red Foley as host, makes its prime-time debut on ABC. It becomes a significant vehicle for Webb Pierce, Porter Wagoner, Wanda Jackson and Norma Jean, among others. Its theme song is Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag"
    Jan 22, 1955
    Porter Wagoner makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
    Jan 24, 1955
    Capitol releases Hank Thompson's double-sided single, "If Lovin' You Is Wrong" and the flip side, "Annie Over"
    Jan 24, 1955
    Decca releases Justin Tubb's "I Gotta Go Get My Baby"
    Jan 24, 1955
    Ira Hayes dies after a night of drinking in Bapchule, Arizona. One of the men who raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima, he struggled with his fame after the war, his story inspiring the Johnny Cash hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Jan 24, 1955
    Tennessee Ernie Ford makes the last of three guest appearances on "I Love Lucy" in the role of hick relative Uncle Ernie
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