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Jun 21, 1959
Pop vocalist Marcy Levy is born in Detroit, Michigan. A longtime member of Eric Clapton's band, she co-writes "Lay Down Sally" and appears as a backing vocalist on Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love"
Jun 21, 1959
Kathy Mattea is born in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. Deftly balancing art and commercialism, she nabs a pair of Grammy awards and is twice named the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year
Jun 22, 1959
Capitol releases Faron Young's "Country Girl"
Jun 22, 1959
Columbia releases Hawkshaw Hawkins' "Soldier's Joy"
Jun 22, 1959
Decca releases Webb Pierce's "I Ain't Never"
Jun 23, 1959
RCA releases Elvis Presley's "A Big Hunk O' Love"
Jun 25, 1959
"Lonely Teardrops" songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. and Raynoma Mayberry Liles have a son, Kerry Berry, in Detroit
Jun 26, 1959
After two years as a daytime staple, "The Jimmy Dean Show" is broadcast for the last time on CBS-TV. The program's writers included Larry Marks, who authors Dean's 1976 recitation "I.O.U."
Jun 26, 1959
Ray Charles records Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York, and gains an R&B hit
Jun 27, 1959
Bob Wills and Cecil Brower team up for a fiddle breakdown on the weekly ABC-TV series "Jubilee USA"
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