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  • Aug 6, 1955
    Sun Records releases Elvis Presley's two-sided single "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" and "Mystery Train"
    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
    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 15, 1955
    Elvis Presley signs a deal making Colonel Tom Parker a special advisor to Presley and his manager, Bob Neal
    Sep 2, 1955
    Elvis Presley wrecks a Cadillac on the way from New Orleans to a show in Texarkana. Presley's able to play the date, along with Johnny Cash
    Sep 11, 1955
    Elvis Presley performs the first of two shows on a Hank Snow package tour with Cowboy Copas and The Louvin Brothers at the City Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. In the audience: Gene Vincent
    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

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