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    • Jun 13, 1956
    "Star In The Dust" opens in American movie theaters. The western's cast includes Mamie Van Doren, Clint Eastwood, Harry Morgan and songwriter Terry Gilkyson, who wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit "The Call Of The Wild Goose"
    Jun 15, 1956
    Songwriter/producer/recording engineer Jack Clement begins working for Sam Phillips at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis. In the job, he takes part in sessions with Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich and Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jun 15, 1956
    Bob Wills' ballroom at Wills Point, near Sacramento, is destroyed by fire
    Jun 16, 1956
    "The Patti Page Show" begins a four-week run on NBC-TV as a summer replacement series for "The Perry Como Show"
    Jun 18, 1956
    George Hamilton IV records the pop hit "A Rose And A Baby Ruth" at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
    Jun 19, 1956
    Doug Brooks is born in Atlanta, Georgia. After changing his name to Doug Stone--to avoid confusion with Garth Brooks--he reels off more than a dozen consecutive hits in the 1990s, including "I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)" and "Warning Labels"
    Jun 23, 1956
    Rusty Draper joins host Red Foley on ABC's "Ozark Jubilee"
    Jun 23, 1956
    The cover of TV Guide features Steve Allen, one week prior to Elvis Presley's historic performance of "Hound Dog" on Allen's variety show
    Jun 24, 1956
    "The Steve Allen Show" begins a five-year run on NBC. The variety series' comedic host wrote the 1950 crossover hit "Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning)," recorded by Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
    Jun 25, 1956
    Decca releases Webb Pierce's remake of Jimmie Rodgers' "Any Old Time"
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