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Oct 15, 1953
Jimmy Boyd is hit with a $30,000 lawsuit in Los Angeles. The suit claims the "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" singer and two classmates assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Griffith Park Sepember 24
Oct 17, 1953
The Davis Sisters, including Skeeter Davis, top the Billboard country singles chart for the first of six weeks with "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"
Oct 17, 1953
Carl Butler makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
Oct 18, 1953
While stationed in Germany with the Air Force, Johnny Cash makes his first trip to Paris, where he takes in the Eiffel Tower and views the Mona Lisa
Oct 20, 1953
Songwriter Fred Ahlert dies in New York City. His song "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" has already been a hit for Kate Smith, Tommy Dorsey and The Andrews Sisters, among others, and is destined to score in country for Marty Robbins in 1977
Oct 20, 1953
Roy Acuff closes a one-month USO tour of the Pacific, where he performed for soldiers in Korea and Japan, among other locations. Moon Mullican also took part as a member of Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
Oct 20, 1953
Rocker Tom Petty is born in Gainesville, Florida. He writes "Thing About You," by Southern Pacific; "Never Be You," by Rosanne Cash; and "You Got It," by Roy Orbison. He also appears on Hank Williams Jr.'s "Mind Your Own Business"
Oct 21, 1953
Guitarist Charlotte Caffey is born in Santa Monica, California. A member of the 1980s all-girl pop/rock band The Go-Go's, she teams with bandmate Jane Wiedlin and Keith Urban to write Urban's hit "But For The Grace Of God"
Oct 23, 1953
Eddy Arnold records "I Really Don't Want To Know" at Thomas Productions on 13th Avenue North in downtown Nashville
Oct 24, 1953
Drummer Billy Thomas is born in Fort Myers, Florida. As a member of McBride & The Ride, he contributes to four Top 10 hits in the early-1990s, including "Sacred Ground," "Going Out Of My Mind" and "Love On The Loose, Heart On The Mend"
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