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Jul 15, 1958
Julia Lennon, the mother of John Lennon, dies in a car accident in Liverpool, England. The event comes a year after Lennon met future fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, with whom he shares songwriting credits on several country hits
Sep 7, 1958
Buddy Holly trades in his Lincoln for his first new Cadillac on his 22nd birthday, three days before producing Waylon Jennings' first recording session
Nov 10, 1958
"Bring It On Home To Me" songwriter Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls are injured when their car rams a truck near Marion, Arkansas. Their chauffeur is killed in the accident
Nov 13, 1958
Hank Snow's Cadillac is impounded in Gallipolis, Ohio, pending the settlement of a $2,250 lawsuit filed by the owner of the Downtown Coaches' Club. Snow had shown up an hour late for a November 4 concert when the car broke down, and the club reimbursed ticket-holders in his absence
Mar 18, 1959
Elvis Presley injures his knee when he's thrown from a Jeep while serving with the Army in Germany. He requires three days of bed rest
Mar 26, 1959
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, and secretary, Elisabeth Stefaniak, are injured in a car accident on Germany's autobahn
Oct 9, 1959
Rollin Sullivan, of the comedy duo Lonzo & Oscar, loses his wife, Ruth Sullivan, and brother, Phil Sullivan, when another driver drifts into their lane on U.S. Highway 30 in Wyoming, and hits their car head-on. Rollin Sullivan, who was sleeping in the backseat, enters Evanston Memorial Hospital with serious injuries
Feb 6, 1960
R&B singer Jesse Belvin dies in a car crash in Fairhope, Arkansas. A co-writer of The Penguins' hit "Earth Angel," he earns a country hit 10 years later as a songwriter after Slim Whitman covers "Guess Who"
Apr 17, 1960
A car taking Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent to the London Airport crashes, killing Cochran, breaking Vincent's collarbone and breaking "Poor Little Fool" songwriter Sharon Sheeley's pelvis
Jun 13, 1960
Steel guitarist Jerry Byrd suffers three fractured ribs and a broken knee cap in an auto accident, forcing him to spend more than a week in the hospital. Byrd's work includes recordings by Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold and Marty Robbins
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