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    • Jan 1, 1959
    Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin prison for an audience that includes Merle Haggard. The set list naturally includes "Folsom Prison Blues"
    Jan 1, 1959
    Ray Price founds the Pamper Music publishing company with Hal Smith and Claude Caviness. It develops songwriters Hank Cochran, Willie Nelson and Harlan Howard, yielding such titles as "Make The World Go Away," "Crazy" and "I Fall To Pieces"
    Jan 2, 1959
    Roy Acuff has a hernia operation on his right side at Nashville's Baptist Hospital
    Jan 3, 1959
    Alaska becomes the 49th state in the union. It provides the backdrop for Johnny Horton's "North To Alaska" and Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw, Michigan"
    Jan 3, 1959
    Future Oak Ridge Boy William Lee Golden welcomes a son, Rusty Golden, in Brewton, Alabama
    Jan 5, 1959
    Porter Wagoner records "Who Will Buy The Wine" at RCA Studio B in Nashville. A year later, it becomes a hit for Charlie Walker
    Jan 5, 1959
    Columbia releases George Morgan's "I'm In Love Again"
    Jan 7, 1959
    Jimmie Rodgers performs on "The Milton Berle Show" on NBC
    Jan 7, 1959
    David Lee Murphy is born in Herrin, Illinois. He earns hits during the 1990s, including "Dust On The Bottle" and "Party Crowd," and nabs a 2018 hit with Kenny Chesney on "Everything's Gonna Be Alright." He also pens several hits for other acts, including "Big Green Tractor," "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" and "Living In Fast Forward"
    Jan 9, 1959
    "Rawhide" makes its prime-time debut on CBS with Sheb Wooley starring as cowboy Pete Nolan, alongside leading man Clint Eastwood
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