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    • Oct 28, 1955
    Colonel Tom Parker receives a telegram from RCA saying the label will pay no more than $25,000 to buy out Elvis Presley's contract from Sun. Sun owner Sam Phillips holds out for $35,000
    Nov 10, 1955
    During the Disc Jockey Convention in Nashville, Elvis Presley promises Mae Boren Axton that he'll record "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Nov 11, 1955
    Elvis Presley's second one-year contract with "The Louisiana Hayride" takes effect. He receives $200 weekly, the same amount paid to Hank Williams three years earlier
    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
    Nov 21, 1955
    In a deal engineered by Colonel Tom Parker, RCA Records buys Elvis Presley's contract and master tapes from Sam Phillips' Sun Records for $35,000. The papers are signed at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis
    Dec 9, 1955
    Elvis Presley performs "Heartbreak Hotel" live for the first time in Swifton, Arkansas
    Dec 15, 1955
    Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins play the Catholic Club in Helena, Arkansas. In the audience is Levon Helm, destined to play drums with The Band
    Dec 25, 1955
    Thirteen-year-old Tammy Wynette joins Auzella Moore, the sister-in-law of Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty Moore, in taking Christmas presents to Presley's house on Audubon Drive in Memphis
    Jan 1, 1956
    Elvis Presley performs two shows with Hank Snow and Webb Pierce at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. It kicks off the year that Presley is transformed from a regional act to a superstar
    Jan 10, 1956
    Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" during his first Nashville session, held at the Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission. The studio date also includes his cover of Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman"
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