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    • Dec 8, 1956
    Rockabilly musician Dave Rich joins "The Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport
    Dec 15, 1956
    Elvis Presley makes a return appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride," eight months after ending his run as a weekly performer. To quiet fans when he finishes, "Hayride" producer Horace Logan coins the phrase, "Elvis has left the building"
    Feb 15, 1958
    Bluegrass vocalist and guitarist Jimmy Martin joins "The Louisiana Hayride"
    Jan 24, 1959
    Songwriter Jimmy Driftwood plays "The Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport, where he works with Johnny Horton to streamline the lyrics to "The Battle Of New Orleans," which Horton records three days later
    Jun 20, 1959
    Shreveport mayor Clyde Fant declares Johnny Horton Day. While performing that night on "The Louisiana Hayride," Horton receives a transatlantic phone call from friend and soldier Elvis Presley
    Jun 4, 1960
    June Carter makes her first appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport, Louisiana, backed by guitarist Jerry Kennedy. She performs "Big Iron," "Gotta Travel On," Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" and The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower"
    Aug 27, 1960
    "The Louisiana Hayride" ends a 12-year run on on KWKH in Shreveport, broadcast from the Municipal Auditorium. The "Hayride" had provided competition for the Grand Ole Opry, and groomed such stars as Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves and Hank Williams
    Apr 3, 1999
    Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium fields a concert headlined by Willie Nelson and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, celebrating the 50th anniversary of "The Louisiana Hayride." Also making an appearance: governor Jimmie Davis
    Jan 8, 2001
    Shreveport mayor Keith Hightower and Bossier City mayor George Dement jointly declare Elvis Presley Day as a section of Grand Avenue near Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium is renamed Elvis Presley Avenue
    May 10, 2001
    Hank Williams Jr. records five songs at Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium, the former radio home of "The Louisiana Hayride," which previously employed his father



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