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    • May 23, 1956
    Woody Guthrie is arrested for vagrancy in New Jersey. He is institutionalized at Greystone Park in Morris Plains, where he spends his next five years, suffering from Huntington's chorea
    Jul 29, 1956
    Singer Patti Scialfa is born in Deal, New Jersey. In 1991, she marries Bruce Springsteen, the writer of Mel McDaniel's country hit "Stand On It"
    Sep 22, 1956
    Debby Boone is born in Hackensack, New Jersey. The daughter of Pat Boone and granddaughter of Red Foley, she earns a million-selling pop/country hit in 1977 with "You Light Up My Life," then scores a 1980 country hit, "Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again"
    Oct 10, 1956
    A New Jersey woman testifies in court that her husband hit her because she's a fan of Elvis Presley. The husband, a Bing Crosby fan, claims she hit him, too. The judge finds both innocent of assault charges
    Nov 14, 1956
    Bassist Alec John Such is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He becomes a member of the rock band Bon Jovi, eventually leaving in 1994. The group is mentioned in the lyrics of Joe Nichols' 2005 country hit "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off"
    Dec 14, 1956
    Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie writes for the last time, composing a letter about a fellow patient at Greystone Park in Morris Plains, New Jersey, who eats cigarette butts off the floor. Guthrie is suffering from a degenerative neurological disease
    Oct 14, 1957
    TV producer Danny Petraitis is born in Red Bank, New Jersey. He sings in a mass studio choir that provides gang vocals on Brooks & Dunn's "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)." Petraitis also plays harmonica on Johnny Cash's "Red Hot + Country" track "Forever Young"
    Feb 21, 1958
    Mary Chapin Carpenter is born in Princeton, New Jersey. Her folk-tinged brand of country makes her one of the most thoughtful artists of the 1990s while she garners hits with "Down At The Twist & Shout," "I Feel Lucky" and "Shut Up And Kiss Me"
    Jul 11, 1959
    Rock guitarist Richie Sambora is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He gains prominence as a member of Bon Jovi, a band that earns a country hit in 2006 by teaming up with Jennifer Nettles on "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
    Sep 23, 1959
    Actor Jason Alexander is born in Newark, New Jersey. Best known for his role as George Costanza on TV's "Seinfeld," he earns a Country Music Association award as the director of Brad Paisley's "Online" video
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