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    • Aug 20, 1959
    Bill Anderson graduates from the University of Georgia in Athens with a degree in journalism. Hours later, he moves to Nashville in a 1958 Ford "with a guitar in the backseat and a whole lot of dreams"
    Jan 25, 1960
    Billboard reports George Hamilton IV has moved to Nashville
    Jun 6, 1960
    Songwriter Harlan Howard arrives in Nashville with wife Jan Howard, after moving from Los Angeles. She becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He writes hits for Buck Owens, The Judds, Reba McEntire and others
    Oct 1, 1960
    After several years of renting, Harlan and Jan Howard move into their first house in Nashville, thanks to the royalties from his songwriting, including the hits "Heartaches By The Number" and "Above And Beyond"
    Jan 24, 1961
    Bob Dylan arrives in Manhattan, where he gains acclaim as a folk singer/songwriter. Inspired in part by Woody Guthrie, he is eventually inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Jan 2, 1962
    Ray Stevens moves from Atlanta to Nashville to work with Mercury Records, recording "Ahab, The Arab" within his first six months
    Sep 5, 1963
    Songwriter Dallas Frazier moves to Nashville from Los Angeles. He writes Jack Greene's "There Goes My Everything," The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira," George Jones' "If My Heart Had Windows" and Gene Watson's "Fourteen Carat Mind," among others
    Sep 6, 1963
    Ray Charles pays $52,000 for property on Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, where he makes his home and establishes an office and recording studio. In 1962, he made country mainstream with "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Jan 1, 1964
    Tom T. Hall moves to Nashville
    Jan 12, 1964
    The Stoneman Family moves from Maryland to Beaumont, Texas



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