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    • Apr 7, 1959
    Marty Robbins records "El Paso" and "Big Iron" in the same recording session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville while cutting the entire "Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs" album in a single day
    Apr 8, 1959
    Ricky Nelson performs "It's Late" on ABC's "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet"
    Apr 9, 1959
    Keyboard player Dave Innis is born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He helps form Restless Heart and is with the band through its largest commercial success, including "I'll Still Be Loving You" and "When She Cries"
    Apr 12, 1959
    Pop singer Brook Benton performs "It's Just A Matter Of Time" in New York on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song is destined to become a country hit twice: for Sonny James and for Randy Travis
    Apr 13, 1959
    George Jones picks up his first #1 country single in Billboard magazine as a recording artist with "White Lightning"
    Apr 13, 1959
    Columbia releases Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans"
    Apr 14, 1959
    "The George Burns Show" comes to a conclusion on CBS-TV following a six-month prime-time run. Twenty years later, Burns nets a country hit with the nostalgic "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
    Apr 15, 1959
    Ricky Nelson performs two songs on ABC's "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet": "You Tear Me Up" and "I Can't Help It"
    Apr 20, 1959
    Columbia releases Lefty Frizzell's "The Long Black Veil"
    Apr 20, 1959
    Louisiana-based Goldband Records releases the first single by 13-year-old Dolly Parton, "Puppy Love"
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