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Jan 11, 1956
Singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen is born in Houston. His rough-cut sound and unique songwriting make him a favorite on the Texas red-dirt circuit, and he appears in the soundtrack to "Happy, Texas"
Jan 11, 1956
In his first session for Columbia, Johnny Horton records "Honky-Tonk Man" and "I'm A One-Woman Man" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
Jan 11, 1956
Elvis Presley records "I Was The One" at the RCA Studios in Nashville
Jan 14, 1956
Jimmie Davis guests on ABC's "Ozark Jubilee." Also appearing are a handful of politicians and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Stan Musial
Jan 17, 1956
Blues singer/songwriter Blind Alfred Reed dies in Cool Ridge, West Virginia. His 1929 recording of "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" is ranked in 2003 among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Jan 18, 1956
The Wilburn Brothers record "I'm So In Love With You"
Jan 18, 1956
Mark Collie is born in Waynesboro, Tennessee. He scores two Top 10 singles, "Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying" and "Born To Love You," during the 1990s and becomes a spokesman for diabetes. In 2015, Collie takes a recurring role as a bar owner on the ABC drama "Nashville"
Jan 19, 1956
Faron Young records "I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night," "Turn Her Down" and "You're Still Mine" in Nashville
Jan 21, 1956
Ten years after making a pair of country hits with Red Foley, Lawrence Welk rates the cover of TV Guide
Jan 23, 1956
Singer/songwriter Harley Allen is born in Dayton, Ohio. He writes Alan Jackson's "Between The Devil And Me," Darryl Worley's "Awful, Beautiful Life" and Blake Shelton's "The Baby." He also sings harmonies on The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
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