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Aug 12, 1955
Elvis Presley performs a concert at Driller Park in Kilgore, Texas. In the audience is Bob Luman, who is so inspired that he forsakes traditional country for a future path in rockabilly-tinged country
Aug 20, 1955
Alvin Krolik is shot and killed while trying to rob a liquor store in El Paso, Texas. His obituary will mention a line from an unpublished autobiography in which he described himself as "a man who walked a lonely street." Songwriters Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton turn that phrase into an Elvis Presley hit, "Heartbreak Hotel"
Aug 27, 1955
George Jones records "Why Baby Why" and "What Am I Worth" at the Goldstar Recording Studio in Houston
Sep 5, 1955
David "Dad" Carter takes part in his final recording session as a member of The Chuck Wagon Gang at the Jim Beck Studio in Dallas
Sep 28, 1955
George Jones convinces "Louisiana Hayride" producer Horace Logan to let him play a "Hayride" road show in Conroe, Texas. Jones sings "Why Baby Why," opening for Elvis Presley, David Houston, Johnny Horton and The Browns
Oct 7, 1955
Elvis Presley attends a Bob Wills concert at Cook's Hoedown Club in Houston, Texas
Oct 11, 1955
Sun labelmates Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins begin an 11-day concert tour at the Fair Park Auditorium in Abilene, Texas
Oct 15, 1955
One day after opening for Bill Haley & The Comets, Buddy Holly--performing with future record producer Bob Montgomery--opens an Elvis Presley show in Lubbock. In the audience is 13-year-old Mac Davis
Nov 19, 1955
Johnny Cash writes "I Walk The Line" in Gladewater, Texas, in 20 minutes prior to a remote broadcast of "The Louisiana Hayride." Also appearing on the bill: Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins
Dec 6, 1955
Bill Lloyd is born in Fort Hood, Texas. Teamed with Radney Foster, the duo Foster & Lloyd becomes a major proponent in the late-1980s of rockabilly-tinged country, netting hits with "Sure Thing" and "Crazy Over You" before their 1991 split
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