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    • Aug 14, 1953
    Patti Page makes the cover of TV Guide
    Oct 1, 1953
    Hugh Hefner founds Playboy magazine in Chicago. Two decades later, he establishes Playboy Records, generating hits for Mickey Gilley, Bobby Borchers and Playboy model Barbi Benton
    Dec 25, 1953
    Patti Page joins Perry Como and Eddie Fisher on the Christmas cover of TV Guide
    Jan 1, 1954
    A decade after he earned a pair of country hits, Bing Crosby is featured on the cover of TV Guide
    Mar 26, 1954
    Jackie Gleason makes the cover of TV Guide, seven years before he earns a country hit as the writer of Jimmy Dean's "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Apr 23, 1954
    The Pickin' And Singin' News reports Red Foley has moved from Nashville to Springfield, Missouri, where he is signed for several radio shows. Within months, he begins hosting "The Ozark Jubilee" on radio
    May 7, 1954
    The Nelson family, including Ricky Nelson, appears on the cover of TV Guide
    Jul 17, 1954
    The cover of TV Guide features Roy Rogers
    Aug 29, 1954
    Ohio's Columbus Citizen reports that Woody Guthrie has just finished a jail sentence at the Columbus City Prison--his 12th jail stay in six weeks, as he rides the railroads illegally. Guthrie also notes in the story that he wrote "Oklahoma Hills"
    Nov 6, 1954
    Future country hitmaker George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, appear on the cover of TV Guide



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