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    • Nov 20, 1954
    June Carter signs a one-year solo recording contract with Columbia Records
    Dec 12, 1954
    Marty Robbins' recording contract with Columbia is renewed for another three years
    Jan 1, 1955
    Elvis Presley's second management contract, with Bob Neal, goes into effect. Neal will receive 15% of Presley's earnings, plus 10% for promotional expenses
    Jan 1, 1955
    British conglomerate EMI takes a controlling interest in Capitol Records, whose roster has included--or will include--Tennessee Ernie Ford, Garth Brooks, Merle Haggard, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban and Buck Owens, among others
    Jan 1, 1955
    Colonel Tom Parker becomes Hank Snow's manager
    Jan 25, 1955
    Carl Perkins signs a two-year recording contract with Sun Records
    Feb 19, 1955
    Fabor Robison announces he's given Jim Reeves his release from Abbott Records in exchange for all of Reeves' future Abbott royalties. The announcement comes not quite three weeks after the two argued in the recording studio with a handgun
    Jun 8, 1955
    MGM chief Frank Walker telegrams Sun Records' Sam Phillips with an offer to buy Elvis Presley's recording contract. It's the latest among a series of offers from Decca, Capitol, Mercury, Chess, Atlantic and Dot
    Jul 25, 1955
    Columbia signs The Collins Kids to a recording contract. It never amounts to any hits, but it's an important step in the career of California songwriter Larry Collins, who writes such hits as "Delta Dawn" and "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
    Aug 3, 1955
    Elvis Presley's parents are expected to sign a deal in Little Rock making Colonel Tom Parker an advisor to their son, but Presley's mother, Gladys, delays the decision



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