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    • Sep 4, 1958
    Hawkshaw Hawkins holds his last RCA recording session
    Nov 14, 1958
    Late guitarist Jay Perkins is honored with a memorial concert in Memphis. On the bill: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Webb Pierce, Dickey Lee, Ernest Tubb, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Sonny Burgess, Merle Travis, Lefty Frizzell and Joe Maphis
    May 1, 1959
    Hawkshaw Hawkins signs a recording contract with Columbia Records. During the ensuing two-year association, Hawkins earns a hit for the label with "Soldier's Joy"
    May 6, 1959
    Hawkshaw Hawkins records "Soldier's Joy"
    Jun 22, 1959
    Columbia releases Hawkshaw Hawkins' "Soldier's Joy"
    Nov 26, 1960
    Hawkshaw Hawkins marries Jean Shepard on stage at The Forum in Wichita, Kansas. Hawkins' best man: Capitol executive, record producer and future Country Hall of Fame member Ken Nelson
    Sep 17, 1961
    Charlie Walker organizes a benefit concert in San Antonio for Jimmie Rodgers' ailing widow, Carrie. Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Hawkshaw Hawkins, The Wilburn Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jimmy C. Newman and Bill Anderson help raise $6,000
    Sep 22, 1961
    Hawkshaw Hawkins conducts his final recording session with Columbia Records. Shortly thereafter, he returns to the King label, with whom he'd previously amassed a half-dozen hits
    Dec 7, 1961
    Hawkshaw Hawkins and Jean Shepard have a son--Don Robin Hawkins, named for Don Gibson and Marty Robbins--at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville
    Sep 10, 1962
    Hawkshaw Hawkins records the Justin Tubb-penned "Lonesome 7-7203" at the King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also cuts a version of "Silver Threads And Golden Needles," destined to become a hit for Linda Ronstadt, in his final session
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