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Jan 21, 1954
Bill Monroe buys his second farm, a 288-acre property in Sumner County, Tennessee, with a $10 down payment for the $15,660 purchase. He will share the home with bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin while his wife Carolyn remains on his other farm
Sep 27, 1954
Capitol Records breaks ground in Hollywood for its new tower, the first round office building in the world. The Capitol Recording Studios will also be the site for sessions by Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam and Taylor Swift
May 24, 1955
Faron and Hilda Young buy their first home, on Bel Air Drive in Nashville
Jul 17, 1955
Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. The Disney corporation later founds the country label Lyric Street Records, earning hits with SHeDAISY, Rascal Flatts, Love And Theft and Aaron Tippin
Feb 22, 1956
Frank Sinatra holds the inaugural recording session at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The cylindrical building hosts sessions for numerous future country hits, including records by Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Glen Campbell
Mar 12, 1956
Elvis Presley pays $29,500 for a home at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis
Mar 20, 1956
Elvis Presley's parents, Vernon and Gladys, move into a new house that Elvis bought for them on Audubon Drive in Memphis. Purchase price: $29,500
Jun 15, 1956
Bob Wills' ballroom at Wills Point, near Sacramento, is destroyed by fire
Aug 8, 1956
Faron and Hilda Young close on a house at 4001 Brush Hill Road in Nashville
Nov 3, 1956
The Tulane Hotel is demolished at 8th & Church in Nashville. Home of the Castle Recording Studio, the building was a recording site for Ernest Tubb, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Red Foley, Carl Smith, The Louvin Brothers and others
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