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    • Jan 10, 1959
    Aaron Neville weds fellow New Orleans performer Joel Roux. During their marriage, he goes on to receive a pair of Grammy nominations for country projects
    Jan 12, 1959
    Berry Gordy Jr. founds Motown Records in Detroit. The company establishes a country label, Melodyland, in the mid-1970s, launching T.G. Sheppard's first hits, "Devil In The Bottle" and "Tryin' To Beat The Morning Home"
    Jan 12, 1959
    Columbia releases Marty Robbins' "The Hanging Tree"
    Jan 12, 1959
    Roy Rogers and Dale Evans adopt Debbie, a six-year-old orphaned Korean girl
    Jan 12, 1959
    Capitol releases Ferlin Husky's "My Reason For Living"
    Jan 13, 1959
    Johnny Cash records "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studios in Nashville. The song will be used in episode four of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Jan 14, 1959
    Elvis Presley speaks with a reporter at the entrance to his hotel in Bad Nauheim, Germany, providing physical proof that rumors of his death in an automobile accident are completely unfounded
    Jan 15, 1959
    Bass player Kathy Mac is born in Lexington, Kentucky. She joins the all-female band Wild Rose, whose "Breaking New Ground" becomes a minor hit in 1989
    Jan 15, 1959
    Carl and Valda Perkins have their fourth child, Gregory Jay Perkins. He joins his dad and older brother, Stan, in writing Dolly Parton's "Silver And Gold"
    Jan 17, 1959
    Conway Twitty is a guest on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show," along with The Platters and Dion & The Belmonts
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