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Mar 1, 1956
Ray Price records "Crazy Arms" and "You Done Me Wrong" during an overnight session at the Bradley Studios in Nashville
Mar 2, 1956
"Loose Talk" songwriter Freddie Hart holds his first Columbia recording session. Under the affiliation, he makes his first chart appearance three years later
Mar 2, 1956
The Cowsills' John Cowsill is born in Newport, Rhode Island. Best known for "The Rain, The Park & Other Things," The Cowsills also notch a 1968 hit with "Indian Lake," destined for country success when it's covered by Freddy Weller
Mar 2, 1956
Elvis Presley gets pulled over on Riverside Drive in Memphis for speeding
Mar 3, 1956
Ernest Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, tapes an appearance on NBC-TV's "The Big Surprise." His run on the game show lasts five weeks, as he earns $10,000
Mar 4, 1956
Roy Orbison records "Ooby Dooby" in Clovis, New Mexico, with his band The Teen Kings, including future country songwriter Johnny "Peanuts" Wilson. The song becomes Orbison's first single
Mar 7, 1956
Merle Travis and actress Judy Hayden are divorced, after seven years of marriage
Mar 8, 1956
Less than a week after he was last cited for driving too fast, Elvis Presley gets another speeding ticket in Memphis
Mar 8, 1956
Webb Pierce records the Jimmie Rodgers classic "Any Old Time" in Nashville's Bradley Recording Studio
Mar 10, 1956
George Jones reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first time as the writer of Red Sovine & Webb Pierce's "Why Baby Why"
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