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Nov 11, 1955
Elvis Presley's second one-year contract with "The Louisiana Hayride" takes effect. He receives $200 weekly, the same amount paid to Hank Williams three years earlier
Nov 12, 1955
Songwriter Walt Aldridge is born in Florence, Alabama. Among his songs: Heartland's "I Loved Her First," Earl Thomas Conley's "Holding Her And Loving You," Ricky Van Shelton's "I Am A Simple Man" and Ronnie Milsap's "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
Nov 13, 1955
Al Hibbler performs "Unchained Melody" on the CBS variety show "Toast Of The Town." The song will become a country hit twice: for Elvis Presley in 1978, and for LeAnn Rimes in 1997
Nov 14, 1955
Decca releases Kitty Wells' double-sided hit "Lonely Side Of Town" and "I've Kissed You My Last Time"
Nov 16, 1955
Guitarist Jack Pruett joins the American Federation of Musicians in Nashville. He goes on to play on such Marty Robbins hits as "Knee Deep In The Blues," "Devil Woman" and "El Paso"
Nov 17, 1955
Ray Charles is busted backstage in Philadelphia for the use of narcotics. The R&B singer later makes waves in country with his 1962 album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" and his 1985 duet with Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels"
Nov 18, 1955
Seven months after he first attempted it, Webb Pierce records the single version of "Yes, I Know Why" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
Nov 19, 1955
Johnny Cash writes "I Walk The Line" in Gladewater, Texas, in 20 minutes prior to a remote broadcast of "The Louisiana Hayride." Also appearing on the bill: Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins
Nov 19, 1955
Ivory Joe Hunter records "A Tear Fell" in New York. In 1977, Billy "Crash" Craddock re-records the song as a country hit
Nov 20, 1955
Having promised to perform the current country hit "Sixteen Tons," R&B act Bo Diddley instead does "Bo Diddley" on "The Ed Sullivan Show" from New York. The CBS host never invites Diddley to sing on the program again
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