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    • Jun 1, 1959
    The Browns record "The Three Bells" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Jun 1, 1959
    While serving the Army in Germany, Elvis Presley is promoted to specialist fourth class. His new monthly income: $122.30
    Jun 2, 1959
    Sun releases Johnny Cash's "Katy Too"
    Jun 3, 1959
    Guitarist Cary Park, of Boy Howdy, is born in Stockton, California. The band develops two hits--"A Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart" and "She'd Give Anything"--before disbanding in 1996
    Jun 3, 1959
    Army specialist Elvis Presley begins a six-day stay at a military hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, with tonsillitis
    Jun 4, 1959
    Guitarist Warner Hodges is born in Wurtzburg, Germany. He joins Jason & The Scorchers, a punkish country band whose speedy version of "Absolutely Sweet Marie" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 5, 1959
    Bob Dylan, still known as Bobby Zimmerman, graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota. Five years later, he is to record "It Ain't Me, Babe," destined to become a country hit in the hands of Johnny Cash
    Jun 6, 1959
    Johnny Horton renews his contract with Columbia Records. The two-year deal offers a royalty rate of 5%
    Jun 7, 1959
    Johnny Horton performs "The Battle Of New Orleans" in New York on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show"
    Jun 8, 1959
    Columbia releases Carl Smith's "Ten Thousand Drums"
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