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    • Apr 20, 1954
    Elvis Presley finds employment with Crown Electric in Memphis, driving a truck for a $1 hourly wage
    Apr 22, 1954
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "River Of No Return," the title song from a movie starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe
    Apr 22, 1954
    Eddy Arnold records "This Is The Thanks I Get (For Loving You)" at the RCA Recording Studio in New York
    Apr 23, 1954
    The Pickin' And Singin' News reports Red Foley has moved from Nashville to Springfield, Missouri, where he is signed for several radio shows. Within months, he begins hosting "The Ozark Jubilee" on radio
    Apr 25, 1954
    The Sterling Hayden western "Arrow In The Dust" opens in theaters with a cast that includes two country hitmakers: Jimmy Wakely and Sheb Wooley
    Apr 25, 1954
    Singer/songwriter Rob Crosby is born in Sumter, South Carolina. He writes Lee Greenwood's "Holdin' A Good Hand," Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel" and Eric Paslay's "Friday Night," and has two hits in 1991 as an artist: "She's A Natural" and "Love Will Bring Her Around"
    Apr 26, 1954
    Percussionist Billy Ware, of the Cajun group Beausoleil, is born. The band appears on Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Down At The Twist And Shout"
    Apr 26, 1954
    Decca releases the Kitty Wells and Red Foley double-sided single, "One By One" and "I'm A Stranger In My Home"
    Apr 26, 1954
    Ernest Tubb is arrested for drunk driving when his car hits a telephone pole on North First Street in Nashville
    Apr 29, 1954
    Karen Brooks is born in Dallas. Voted the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist in 1983, she scores a #1 hit with T.G. Sheppard on "Faking Love," and writes Emmylou Harris' "Tennessee Rose"
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