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    • Mar 19, 1955
    The Ginger Rogers movie "Tight Spot" debuts in New York, with Lorne Greene and songwriter/guitarist Doye O'Dell also in the cast
    Mar 20, 1955
    "The Big Tip Off," starring Richard Conte, debuts in movie theaters with Spade Cooley appearing on screen
    Mar 21, 1955
    Johnny Cash has an unscheduled audition with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis. Phillips passes on the bulk of Cash's material, but after hearing "Hey, Porter," has the youngster come back the next day to record
    Mar 22, 1955
    Coral Records hires disc jockey Alan Freed to run the label's A&R department. At the time, The McGuire Sisters have a #1 pop hit for the label with a song that lists Freed as a co-writer, "Sincerely," also a future country hit for The Forester Sisters
    Mar 22, 1955
    Johnny Cash records his first single, "Hey, Porter," at the Sun Studio in Memphis
    Mar 22, 1955
    James House is born in Sacramento, California. A songwriter on Diamond Rio's "In A Week Or Two," Martina McBride's "A Broken Wing" and Dwight Yoakam's "Ain't That Lonely Yet," he earns a hit of his own in 1995 with "This Is Me Missing You"
    Mar 23, 1955
    Elvis Presley auditions in New York for the CBS-TV show "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts." The producers pass
    Mar 23, 1955
    Jim Reeves signs his first RCA Records contract
    Mar 24, 1955
    "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" opens at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway in New York. The play features occasional country singer Burl Ives, who also stars in the movie version three years later
    Mar 25, 1955
    "Blackboard Jungle" launches in American theaters. It earns a mention in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
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