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Dec 8, 1956
Rockabilly musician Dave Rich joins "The Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport
Dec 15, 1956
Elvis Presley makes a return appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride," eight months after ending his run as a weekly performer. To quiet fans when he finishes, "Hayride" producer Horace Logan coins the phrase, "Elvis has left the building"
Jan 4, 1957
Fats Domino records "I'm Walkin'" at the J&M Studio in New Orleans. Within months, Ricky Nelson launches a singing career with his version of the song
Mar 14, 1957
Johnny Horton makes contact with Shreveport psychic J. Bernard Ricks, beginning a friendship that lasts the rest of his life. The relationship hones Horton's own psychic abilities, and he eventually predicts, with accuracy, his own death will be violent
Jul 6, 1957
Guitarist David Doucet is born in Louisiana. In 1975, he becomes a founding member of the Cajun group BeauSoleil. The band contributes to Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1991 country hit "Down At The Twist And Shout"
Nov 12, 1957
Songwriter Michael Garvin is born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He pens Conway Twitty's "Desperado Love," T.G. Sheppard's "Only One You," Michael Martin Murphey's "From The Word Go" and Tanya Tucker's "Highway Robbery," among others
Dec 29, 1957
Shreveport clairvoyant Bernard Ricks calls "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore and warns him to check on his daughter. Kilgore finds the baby is being smothered by a pile of clothes
Feb 15, 1958
Bluegrass vocalist and guitarist Jimmy Martin joins "The Louisiana Hayride"
Feb 24, 1958
Sammy Kershaw is born in Kaplan, Louisiana. A resonance similar to George Jones brings him into prominence during the 1990s behind such hits as "Cadillac Style," "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and "National Working Woman's Holiday"
Mar 1, 1958
New Orleans proclaims Elvis Presley Day while The King is in the city, ready to do location shooting for the movie "King Creole"
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