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    • Apr 8, 1957
    Billy Walker records "On My Mind Again" with two members of The Crickets at the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, New Mexico
    Apr 8, 1957
    "Country Style," hosted by Jimmy Dean from the WTOP studios in Washington, D.C., debuts as a daytime program on CBS-TV, where it remains until December. The cast includes Billy Grammer
    Apr 9, 1957
    Eddy Arnold records "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" at Webster Hall in New York
    Apr 10, 1957
    Ricky Nelson sings Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" on "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet." The performance launches a musical career
    Apr 10, 1957
    Songwriter Harlan Howard meets Lula Grace Johnson through mutual friend Wynn Stewart in Los Angeles. The two marry one month later, and she goes on to become country singer Jan Howard
    Apr 11, 1957
    Johnny Horton records "The Woman I Need" in an evening session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Apr 11, 1957
    Singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale is born in Troutman, North Carolina. The Americana icon writes George Strait's "I Gotta Get To You," Mark Chesnutt's "Gonna Get A Life" and Patty Loveless' "Halfway Down," among others
    Apr 12, 1957
    Brenda Lee records the pop single "Dynamite" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studios in Nashville. The song gives the 4'-9" singer her nickname, Little Miss Dynamite. It is eventually used in episode four of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Apr 12, 1957
    RCA manager Steve Sholes appoints Chet Atkins as the label's musical director
    Apr 12, 1957
    Vince Gill is born in Norman, Oklahoma. After work with the pop group Pure Prairie League, he becomes a solo country artist, with his songwriting, guitar work and warm voice making him a frequent Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Famer
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