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Jan 4, 1955
Kathy Forester, of The Forester Sisters, is born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The Foresters emerge as a rare all-female harmony group in 1985, and the quartet scores 15 hits in the next six years
Aug 2, 1955
Drummer Jimmy Lowe, from Pirates Of The Mississippi, is born in Atlanta. He plays on the band's lone hit, 1991's "Feed Jake"
Feb 22, 1956
Elvis Presley opens for Little Jimmy Dickens at City Auditorium in Waycross, Georgia. Sitting in the front row for the show is future Byrd Gram Parsons, who goes backstage to collect The King's autograph
Feb 23, 1956
Red Foley hears Brenda Lee for the first time, when both perform at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia. He becomes a mentor, and she receives a contract that night to become a regular on "The Ozark Jubilee"
Mar 20, 1956
Elvis Presley performs at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia. Backstage, he is introduced to Brenda Lee
Jun 19, 1956
Doug Brooks is born in Atlanta, Georgia. After changing his name to Doug Stone--to avoid confusion with Garth Brooks--he reels off more than a dozen consecutive hits in the 1990s, including "I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)" and "Warning Labels"
Sep 22, 1956
June Forester is born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. The Forester Sisters emerge as a tight-harmonied female vocal group in the 1980s, leaning toward positive messages with such hits as "I Fell In Love Again Last Night," "You Again" and "Letter Home"
Mar 25, 1957
Don Everly elopes with Mary Sue Ingraham, marrying in Ringgold, Georgia
Jun 27, 1957
Radio station WJJC signs on the air in Commerce, Georgia. Among the disc jockeys for the station's first day is afternoon personality Bill Anderson
Aug 27, 1957
Bill Anderson writes "City Lights" on the roof of the three-story Hotel Andrew Jackson in Commerce, Georgia
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