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Dec 14, 1956
Roy Orbison splits with his original backing group, The Teen Kings, during a recording session at the Sun Studio in Memphis. The band includes rhythm guitarist Johnny Wilson, who goes on to write hits for Kenny Rogers and Billy "Crash" Craddock
Dec 15, 1956
Tab Hunter records a pop version of the just-released Sonny James hit "Young Love," using The Jordanaires on backing vocals
Dec 15, 1956
Elvis Presley makes a return appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride," eight months after ending his run as a weekly performer. To quiet fans when he finishes, "Hayride" producer Horace Logan coins the phrase, "Elvis has left the building"
Dec 16, 1956
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans guest on NBC-TV's "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show"
Dec 17, 1956
Columbia releases Marty Robbins' double-sided hit, "Knee Deep In The Blues" and "The Same Two Lips"
Dec 17, 1956
Bass player Roy Huskey Jr. is born in Nashville. He appears on recordings by Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Van Shelton, Travis Tritt, Ricky Skaggs and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, among others
Dec 18, 1956
Comedian Ron White is born in Fritch, Texas. He becomes a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, scoring a Top 10 country album
Dec 19, 1956
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" is one of 14 musical performances in the Jayne Mansfield movie "The Girl Can't Help It," which debuts in theaters. Also performing: Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bobby Troup and The Platters
Dec 20, 1956
Fiddler Rob Hajacos is born in Richmond, Virginia. He becomes one of Nashville's most in-demand players, working sessions by Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire, among others
Dec 21, 1956
Lee Roy Parnell is born in Abilene, Texas. The singer/slide guitarist combines country and blues to yield a soulful series of recordings in the 1990s, including "Love Without Mercy," "On The Road" and "What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am"
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