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Feb 26, 1955
Lillie Williams, Hank Williams' mother, dies in Montgomery, Alabama
Nov 12, 1955
Songwriter Walt Aldridge is born in Florence, Alabama. Among his songs: Heartland's "I Loved Her First," Earl Thomas Conley's "Holding Her And Loving You," Ricky Van Shelton's "I Am A Simple Man" and Ronnie Milsap's "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
Dec 1, 1955
African-American Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white male. A landmark moment in the civil rights movement, the act is referenced in Brad Paisley's 2009 country hit "Welcome To The Future"
Apr 10, 1956
A dozen years after he appeared on the country charts, Nat "King" Cole is attacked on stage in Birmingham by six members of the White Citizens Council. Despite back injuries, Cole finishes the show but vows never to play the South again
Nov 9, 1956
Drummer Bruce Rutherford is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He joins Alan Jackson's Strayhorns in 1990, appearing on such hits as "Chattahoochee," "Mercury Blues" and "Tonight I Climbed The Wall"
Jul 15, 1957
Mac McAnally is born in Red Bay, Alabama. He scores a minor hit as an artist with 1990's "Back Where I Come From," teams with Kenny Chesney on "Down The Road" and writes such hits as "Two Dozen Roses," "All These Years" and "Old Flame." He also wins the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year 10 times
Jan 27, 1958
R&B singer Little Richard enters a theological seminary in Huntsville, Alabama, on his way to becoming an ordained minister. His song "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" becomes a country hit 25 years later for Waylon Jennings
Dec 28, 1958
Mike McGuire, of Shenandoah, is born in Haleyville, Alabama. As the drummer for the group, he contributes to such hits as "The Church On Cumberland Road," "Two Dozen Roses" and "I Want To Be Loved Like That"
Jan 3, 1959
Future Oak Ridge Boy William Lee Golden welcomes a son, Rusty Golden, in Brewton, Alabama
Jul 4, 1959
Bill McCorvey, from Pirates Of The Mississippi, is born in Montgomery, Alabama. He sings lead when the band scores a hit in 1991 with "Feed Jake"
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