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Mar 8, 1956
Less than a week after he was last cited for driving too fast, Elvis Presley gets another speeding ticket in Memphis
Mar 8, 1956
Webb Pierce records the Jimmie Rodgers classic "Any Old Time" in Nashville's Bradley Recording Studio
Mar 8, 1954
Decca releases Kitty Kallen's "Little Things Mean A Lot." The pop hit provides a point of reference for Margo Smith's 1977 country version
Mar 8, 1953
R&B artist Rufus Thomas records "Bear Cat" at Memphis' Sun Recording Studio. Producer Sam Phillips, who wrote the song, subsequently gets sued for stealing the melody from "Hound Dog"
Mar 8, 1952
Carl Smith spends the first of six straight weeks at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way"
Mar 8, 1950
Buck Owens and Bonnie have their second son, Michael Lynn Owens
Mar 8, 1949
Hank Snow has his first American recording session at RCA Studio A in Chicago. Producer Steve Sholes declines an opportunity to cut "I'm Moving On." Instead, the session yields Snow's first charted single, "Marriage Vow"
Mar 8, 1947
Harmonica player Don Brooks is born in Dallas, Texas. Noted for his work with Billy Joel, Diana Ross and The Bee Gees, he's a member of Waylon Jennings' band during the 1970s, appearing on "You Ask Me To" and "This Time"
Mar 8, 1947
Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is born in New York. In addition to pop hits such as "That's What Friends Are For" and "Groovy Kind Of Love," she writes Dolly Parton's "You're The Only One" and Reba McEntire's multi-female collaboration "On My Own"
Mar 8, 1946
Singer and bass player Randy Meisner is born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. As a member of The Eagles, he plays on their lone country hit, "Lyin' Eyes," eventually leaving the group in 1977. Waylon & Willie remake his song "Take It To The Limit" in 1983
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