This week in 1955, Cessna unveiled its 172 Skyhawk, a single-engine light aircraft, billed as “the world’s most popular airplane,” R.K.O Pictures sold its entire film library to C&C Super Corporation for $13 million, and a singing motion picture cowboy had his second and final hit record.

Hit songs have been known to come from just about everywhere ... some even came from dreams, and according to Hal Southern, the 1950’s hit song, “I Dreamed of A Hillbilly Heaven,” was one of those tunes!

Hal said, “Squeakin’ Deacon Moore” was a popular west coast disc jockey and he was...

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