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Jul 28, 1954
Randy Cornor is born in Houston, Texas. He gains the only hit of his career with his 1974 release of an Eddy Raven song, "Sometimes I Talk In My Sleep"
Aug 7, 1954
Johnny Cash marries Vivian Liberto at St. Ann's Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas. The service is conducted by her uncle, Vincent Liberto
Sep 14, 1954
George Jones marries his second wife, Shirley Ann Corley, in Houston
Dec 24, 1954
R&B singer Johnny Ace shoots himself backstage in a game of Russian roulette at the City Auditorium in Houston, Texas. Ace dies the next day. His hit "Pledging My Love" is covered as a country hit 30 years later by Emmylou Harris
Jan 27, 1955
Cheryl White, of The Whites, is born in Wichita Falls, Texas. The family trio earns bluegrass-influenced hits with "Hangin' Around," "You Put The Blue In Me" and "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling." They join the Grand Ole Opry in 1984
Feb 16, 1955
Elvis Presley opens for Hank Snow in Odessa, Texas, where the audience includes one Roy Orbison
Mar 19, 1955
Elvis Presley performs at the Eagle's Nest in Houston. Attending the show is future country singer Tommy Overstreet
Apr 5, 1955
"Seven Spanish Angels" singer Ray Charles marries Della Howard in Dallas
May 27, 1955
Buddy Holly graduates from Lubbock High School. A mentor of Waylon Jennings, his "True Love Ways" becomes a country hit for Mickey Gilley
Aug 8, 1955
Drummer D.J. Fontana appears for the first time as a regular member of Elvis Presley's band at a show at the Mayfair Building in Tyler, Texas
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