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Jun 15, 1953
Slim Whitman records "North Wind" at the KWKH Studio in Shreveport, Louisiana
Jul 4, 1953
Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He plays harmonica on Randy Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart," John Michael Montgomery's "Life's A Dance" and The Judds' "Turn It Loose," among others
Sep 15, 1953
Though not yet divorced from his first wife, Jerry Lee Lewis marries a pregnant Jane Mitcham in Fayette, Louisiana
Sep 16, 1953
Bass player Michael Rhodes is born in West Monroe, Louisiana. He plays on records by Trisha Yearwood, Lady Antebellum, Conway Twitty, Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Darius Rucker and George Strait, among others
Oct 8, 1953
Already married to his second wife, Jerry Lee Lewis divorces his first wife, Dorothy, in Monroe, Louisiana
Mar 1, 1954
Slim Whitman records "Rose-Marie" in the studio at Shreveport radio station KWKH
Mar 15, 1954
Jim Ed and Maxine Brown record "Looking Back To See" in Shreveport. It becomes the first hit for The Browns
Mar 16, 1954
Jim Reeves records "Penny Candy" at Shreveport's KWKH Radio
Jul 2, 1954
Slim Whitman records "Singing Hills" at the KWKH Studio in Shreveport, Louisiana
Oct 16, 1954
Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride," singing "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" two times each. Drummer D.J. Fontana performs with Presley for the first time, though he's forced to play behind a curtain
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