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    • Dec 7, 1958
    Don Gibson records "Who Cares" in the morning at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Dec 8, 1958
    The Country Music Association hires its first employee, secretary Jo Walker-Meador, in Nashville. She later ascends to executive director, ultimately joining the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 17, 1958
    Bass player Mike Mills is born in Orange, California. He becomes a founding member of the Georgia-based rock band R.E.M., mentioned in the opening line of Darius Rucker's 2017 country single "For The First Time"
    Dec 17, 1958
    Carl Belew records "Am I That Easy To Forget"
    Dec 17, 1958
    Johnnie & Jack record the standard "Ashes Of Love"
    Dec 18, 1958
    For his 15th birthday, Keith Richards receives his first guitar. He goes on to play with The Rolling Stones, whose "Honky Tonk Women" is judged among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 20, 1958
    Johnny Cash performs on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show." Elsewhere in the lineup are Lloyd Price and Neil Sedaka
    Dec 21, 1958
    NBC-TV's "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" welcomes musical guests Burl Ives, Gale Storm and John Raitt
    Dec 21, 1958
    Roy Acuff lands in New York following a two-month USO tour in which he performed for American troops in Germany, Italy and France
    Dec 22, 1958
    Columbia releases Johnny Cash's "Don't Take Your Guns To Town"
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