Audrey Hepburn

Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton with friends

August 24, 1956 - Elvis Presley recorded "Love Me Tender" and "We're Gonna' Move" at 20th Century Fox Studios in Hollywood, California

August 24, 1956 - Little Richard played at the Cotton Club in Lubbock, Texas, with native son Buddy Holly in the audience

1950´s

Jerry Lee Lewis, 1958

Grace Kelly

Hank Snow

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996)

Delmar Allen "Dale" Hawkins (August 22, 1936 – February 13, 2010)

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 - June 21, 2001)

August 22, 1956 - Elvis Presley began working on his first movie, Love Me Tender. In the drama that was set during and just after the Civil War, Elvis played Clint Reno, the youngest of four brothers. The original title for the movie was The Reno Brothers, but was changed to take advantage of the 'Love Me Tender' song recorded for the film

Elvis Presley with a fan

August 21,1961 - Patsy Cline recorded the classic Willie Nelson song, ‘Crazy’. Cline was still on crutches after going through a car windshield in a head-on collision two months earlier and had difficulty reaching the high notes of the song at first due to her broken ribs. 'Crazy' spent 21 weeks on the chart and eventually became one of her signature tunes

Backstage at the Opry, with her  Sympathy Sticks off to the side, 1961  (Pastified Collection)  

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)

Elvis Presley, 1956

Bernard Lansky in Elvis´ Messerschmidt car made from an old German airplane cockpit

August 29, 1956 - Pittsburgh, PA

James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964)

Marilyn Monroe

Eddie Cochran

Elizabeth Taylor

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We remember you, Elvis

Hawkshaw Hawkins with Ollie Marin and Chief

Gladys Love Smith (April 25, 1912 - August 14, 1958)

August 14, 1957 - Nat King Cole canceled his television show on NBC after a year-long search for a sponsor was fruitless

1950´s

August 13, 1959 - Brenda Lee records "Sweet Nothin's"

Dorothy Malone

Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007)

 Porter Wagonner & Fan 1958

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) Buck Owens and Tommy Collins circa 1955

August 12, 1957 - Encouraged by Roulette exec George Goldner and his recent success in England, Frankie Lymon officially leaves his group to pursue a solo career

Oldsmobile

August 11, 1957 - Worth Theatre in Forth Worth

Audrey Hepburn

August 11, 1952 - Hank Williams was fired from the Grand Ole Opry and told not to return until he was sober

Roy Orbison

August 10, 1956 - In Jacksonville, Florida with Andrea June Stephens

August 10, 1957 - Phil Everly, Jodi Lynn, Pat Henry, Jodie Sands, Don Everly

Chuck Berry

Bill Haley

Slim Whitman (at microphone) recording at the Bradley Studio in Nashville. L-R: Bob Moore (bass) Thumbs Carllile (electric guitar), Owen Bradley (in background, piano), Harold Bradley (seated, guitar), Lillian Van Hunt (fiddle)