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Mar 17, 1956
Elvis Presley appears for the fifth time on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show," singing "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Blue Suede Shoes"
Mar 17, 1956
Carl Perkins sings "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Honey Don't" during his first national TV appearance on ABC-TV's "Ozark Jubilee"
Mar 19, 1956
Je-Wel releases Roy Orbison's first single, "Ooby Dooby"
Mar 19, 1956
Patsy Cline sends a letter to fan club president Treva Miller from her mother's home in Winchester, Virginia, to say she's left husband Gerald Cline: "He told me if I was gonna sing, I wasn't going to live with him. So I'm back home"
Mar 20, 1956
Elvis Presley performs at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia. Backstage, he is introduced to Brenda Lee
Mar 20, 1956
Elvis Presley's parents, Vernon and Gladys, move into a new house that Elvis bought for them on Audubon Drive in Memphis. Purchase price: $29,500
Mar 22, 1956
Carl Perkins suffers a broken collarbone, a concussion and cuts when the Chrysler transporting his band to New York for "The Perry Como Show" back-ends a truck in Delaware. Also injured in the accident are brothers Clayton and Jay Perkins
Mar 23, 1956
Elvis Presley sends a telegram from Richmond, Virginia, to Carl Perkins at General Hospital in Dover, Delaware, where he's recovering from a car accident: "Our wishes are for a speedy recovery for you and the boys"
Mar 24, 1956
Elvis Presley makes his sixth and final appearance on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show," performing "Heartbreak Hotel"
Mar 25, 1956
The Louvin Brothers record "Hoping That You're Hoping"
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