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Oct 1, 1959
"I've Got A New Heartache" songwriter Wayne Walker and his wife, Elaine, have a daughter, Capri Walker. Elaine is the daughter of Ernest Tubb
Oct 4, 1959
The western series "The Rebel" begins a three-season run on ABC, with Johnny Cash singing the theme song
Oct 5, 1959
"Splish Splash" singer Bobby Darin takes a guest role opposite Jackie Cooper on the CBS-TV drama "Hennesey"
Oct 9, 1959
Rollin Sullivan, of the comedy duo Lonzo & Oscar, loses his wife, Ruth Sullivan, and brother, Phil Sullivan, when another driver drifts into their lane on U.S. Highway 30 in Wyoming, and hits their car head-on. Rollin Sullivan, who was sleeping in the backseat, enters Evanston Memorial Hospital with serious injuries
Oct 9, 1959
At age 22, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest performer to headline the Copa Room at Las Vegas' Sands Hotel. The date comes six months after he earned a hit with "Dream Lover," destined to become a country success for Billy "Crash" Craddock
Oct 12, 1959
Webb Pierce records "Drifting Texas Sand"
Oct 13, 1959
Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-penned "No Love Have I" at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio
Oct 13, 1959
Marie Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah. She nets a 1973 country hit with "Paper Roses" as a teenager, joins her brother as a host of ABC's "Donny & Marie" TV show, then makes a mid-'80s comeback as a country singer with "There's No Stopping Your Heart" and a Dan Seals duet, "Meet Me In Montana"
Oct 14, 1959
Connie Francis records the pop hit "Among My Souvenirs" at Regent Studio in New York. Marty Robbins remakes it as a country hit in 1976
Oct 14, 1959
Charlie Rich records his first charted record, the pop single "Lonely Weekends"
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