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    • Feb 6, 1956
    Decca releases Red Sovine's "If Jesus Came To Your House"
    Feb 23, 1956
    Red Sovine records "Hold Everything (Till I Get Home)"
    Mar 10, 1956
    George Jones reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first time as the writer of Red Sovine & Webb Pierce's "Why Baby Why"
    Mar 26, 1956
    Decca releases Red Sovine's two-sided hit "Hold Everything (Till I Get Home)" backed with a Webb Pierce duet, "Little Rosa"
    Nov 23, 1959
    Musician Jim Nicks is killed when Red Sovine and his band have a car accident in Oklahoma, spurred by a blown tire. Sovine and three other band members are injured in the crash
    Jan 11, 1960
    Webb Pierce headlines the first of two nights of benefit concerts in Memphis for Red Sovine and his band, seven weeks after a car accident. Also on the bill are Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker, Bobby Sykes and Bill Phillips
    Jan 17, 1960
    Carl Smith, Minnie Pearl and Webb Pierce lead a Louisville benefit for Red Sovine and his band, weeks after a major car accident. Also appearing are Mel Tillis, George Hamilton IV, Kitty Wells, Bobby Helms, Stonewall Jackson and the Duke of Paducah
    Dec 12, 1963
    Aspiring artist Charley Pride meets Red Foley and Red Sovine at the Helena Civic Center in Montana and sings "Heartaches By The Number" and "Lovesick Blues" in an impromptu audition. They invite him to perform at that night's concert and encourage him to visit Nashville to meet Webb Pierce
    Jan 8, 1966
    Red Sovine's recitation "Giddyup Go" kicks off a six-week ride at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Mar 4, 1967
    Billboard reports Red Sovine has undergone cataract surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville
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