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    • Jul 17, 1954
    Elvis Presley makes his first live appearance since holding his inaugural sessions at the Sun Recording Studio. He sings "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" during the set at Memphis' Bon Air Club
    Jul 17, 1954
    "The Ozark Jubilee" debuts as an ABC radio show, airing from the Jewell Theater in Springfield, Missouri, with host Red Foley
    Jul 18, 1954
    Ricky Skaggs is born in Cordell, Kentucky. Centered in bluegrass, he leads a swing toward traditional country in the early-1980s, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1982 and taking the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
    Jul 18, 1954
    Guitarist/vocalist Mark Jones is born in Harlan, Kentucky. In 1989, he joins Exile, contributing to the group's latter-day hits "Nobody's Talking" and "Yet"
    Jul 19, 1954
    Sun Records releases Elvis Presley's first single, "That's All Right" backed with "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
    Jul 22, 1954
    Merle Travis and Judy Hayden secure mutual restraining orders during divorce proceedings in a Los Angeles courtroom
    Jul 26, 1954
    Sonny James records "She Done Give Her Heart To Me"
    Jul 26, 1954
    Songwriter Mary Beth Anderson is born in Nyack, New York. She writes Gary Stewart's 1976 hit "Your Place Or Mine"
    Jul 26, 1954
    Elvis Presley signs his first official recording contract with Sun Records, calling for eight tracks over the next two years
    Jul 27, 1954
    The Erroll Garner Trio records "Misty" at the Universal Recording Studios in Chicago. The song is revived as a banjo-laden country hit two decades later by Ray Stevens
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