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    • Apr 3, 1948
    Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to Hank Williams begging him to straighten out his life: "Forget the fire water and let me take care of your business"
    Dec 12, 1950
    With 17-month-old Ronnie Robbins ailing, Marty Robbins promises God that "if he would save my son I would never drink again"
    Jan 8, 1953
    Just one week after Hank Williams' death, his widow, Billie Jones Williams, blasts Hank's mother: "She is trying to cheat me out of everything, but I think she will fail"
    Mar 17, 1953
    At a trial in Houston, Billie Jean Williams blames the death of her husband, Hank Williams, on narcotics prescribed by the defendant, Toby Marshall, a self-described "alcohol therapist" she calls a "quack"
    Jun 5, 1955
    During a party celebrating his re-signing with RCA Records, Eddy Arnold--fresh from recording with an orchestra--is asked if he'd ever seen so many fiddles: "Yes," he replies, "but I've never seen so many in tune at the same time"
    Feb 22, 1956
    Patsy Cline tells fan club president Treva Miller in a letter that she "still can't say I'm satisfied" after moving into a new 33-foot trailer, and that she may leave Gerald Cline. If they divorce, she says, "I'm certainly not going to marry again"
    Jun 5, 1956
    Elvis Presley appears on Milton Berle's NBC-TV show, performing "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" and "Hound Dog." One critic derides Presley's moves as "the mating dance of an aborigine"
    Jul 27, 1956
    Buddy Holly records "That'll Be The Day" for Decca in Nashville. That version is not released, as producer Owen Bradley calls it "the worst song I've ever heard"
    Dec 15, 1956
    Elvis Presley makes a return appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride," eight months after ending his run as a weekly performer. To quiet fans when he finishes, "Hayride" producer Horace Logan coins the phrase, "Elvis has left the building"
    Jan 4, 1958
    Bob Wills gives his blessing to rock & roll in The Tulsa Tribune: "Why, man, that's the same kind of music we've been playin' since 1928! It's just basic rhythm and has gone by a lot of different names in my time"



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