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Mar 31, 1956
Brenda Lee debuts on Red Foley's "Ozark Jubilee" TV show in Springfield, Missouri, performing "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)." The program becomes a key component in launching her to national stardom
Sep 3, 1956
Police in Springfield, Missouri, answer a disturbance call to find Red Foley's wife, Sally, in the front seat of their car crying. Her face and forehead are covered with marks, and she accuses her husband of hitting her, though she does not file charges
Feb 10, 1957
"Little House On The Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder dies in Mansfield, Missouri, following a battle with diabetes. She's referenced in 2005 in the lyrics of Jason Aldean's first hit, "Hicktown"
Apr 21, 1957
Red Foley is admitted into a Springfield, Missouri, hospital. Officials say he is merely undergoing a checkup
Jun 23, 1957
Songwriter Keith Palmer is born in Hyatt, Missouri. He writes Reba McEntire's "For My Broken Heart" and Johnny Rodriguez' "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)"
Nov 6, 1957
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is served with an arrest warrant for armed robbery when he plays St. Louis' Kiel Auditorium. The next day, he shows police an out-of-town contract for the date, and the charges are dismissed
Apr 15, 1958
Buddy Holly's guitar is stolen from a Kiel Auditorium dressing room in St. Louis, Missouri. Touring with him: Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry
Jun 2, 1958
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is arrested in St. Charles, Missouri, on a federal charge of transporting a firearm on the interstate. The charges are later dropped
Jul 10, 1958
"Johnny B. Goode" songwriter Chuck Berry, driving his pink Cadillac, is arrested for "careless and imprudent driving" in St. Louis, Missouri. He pays a $15 fine
Jul 11, 1958
Chuck Berry, a future member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, purchases a two-story house in St. Louis, Missouri, symbolic of his success with such songs as "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene" and "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)"
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