Country Music

July 9, 1958 – Johnny Cash Signs with Columbia Records

Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records, where he would remain for the next 30 years releasing over 60 albums. He was one of country music’s biggest stars of the ’50s and ’60s, in total writing over 1,000 songs and scoring well over 100 hit singles.

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We’re just a real dirty band. We’re raw, and we’re rough. None of us are top-scale, top-line musicians. But I tell you what, you get your top-line musicians and see if they can entertain like us. Garth Brooks

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June 17, 1973 – Dolly Parton Records ‘I Will Always Love You’

Dolly Parton recorded ‘I Will Always Love You’ in RCA’s Studio “B” in Nashville. Written for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, when the two were splitting professionally at the time, the song was later a world-wide hit for Whitney Houston.

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Don’t compromise even if it hurts to be yourself. Toby Keith

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If it looks good, you’ll see it. If it sounds good, you’ll hear it. If it’s marketed right, you’ll buy it. But… If it’s real… you’ll feel it. Kid Rock

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