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Jan 2, 1955
Columbia Records presents Gene Autry a plaque honoring his 25-year association with the label during the singer's "Melody Ranch" on CBS Radio
Oct 8, 1955
Sonny James joins the "Ozark Jubilee" radio show in Springfield, Missouri
May 13, 1956
Gene Autry's weekly half-hour show "Melody Ranch" is broadcast for the last time on CBS Radio. The cast includes Johnny Bond, and its theme is Autry's signature song, "Back In The Saddle Again"
Jun 13, 1956
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters buys San Francisco radio station KSFO for a cool $1 million
Aug 14, 1956
Hound dogs need friends, too: Washington, D.C., disc jockey Bob Rickman founds the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Elvis Presley
Feb 23, 1957
Jerry Lee Lewis makes his first appearance in front of a large-sized audience when he performs on the "Big D Jamboree" in Dallas, Texas
Jun 27, 1957
Radio station WJJC signs on the air in Commerce, Georgia. Among the disc jockeys for the station's first day is afternoon personality Bill Anderson
Jul 1, 1957
A Philadelphia radio station begins repeated airings of The Tune Weavers' "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby." The song becomes an instant pop hit, covered nearly 30 years later in country music by Ronnie Milsap
Aug 31, 1957
Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins appear on the Los Angeles TV/radio show "Town Hall Party." Backstage, they meet Columbia Records executive Don Law, who signs both artists in subsequent years
Aug 31, 1957
After 25 years in the same location, WLS' "National Barn Dance" emanates from Chicago's Eighth Street Theater for the last time. The show lasts three more years
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