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    • Oct 26, 1950
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs sign with Columbia Records, where the bluegrass duo will reach its commercial peak
    Nov 21, 1950
    A month after wrapping their deal with Mercury, Flatt & Scruggs hold their first recording session for Columbia at the Castle Studios in Nashville
    Aug 14, 1951
    Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'," destined to become a hit 30 years later for Ricky Skaggs
    Sep 22, 1951
    Lefty Frizzell headlines one of country music's first stadium shows, at Griffith Park in Washington, D.C. The lineup also features Ernest Tubb, Flatt & Scruggs, Moon Mullican, Carl Smith and the Duke of Paducah, drawing 14,000 fans
    Oct 24, 1951
    Flatt & Scruggs record "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" and the original version of "Earl's Breakdown" at the Castle Studio in Nashville
    Nov 30, 1951
    Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered"
    Dec 14, 1951
    Mercury releases Flatt & Scruggs' "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms." The bluegrass standard is later made into a country hit by Buck Owens
    Aug 3, 1953
    Songwriter/guitarist/producer Randy Scruggs is born to Earl Scruggs in Nashville. Among the projects he plays on are Miranda Lambert's "Automatic," George Strait's "Heartland," Vince Gill's "Go Rest High On That Mountain" and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2"
    May 19, 1954
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record "Foggy Mountain Special" at the Castle Studio in Nashville. A version by Lester Flatt & Nashville Grass will be featured in episode of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Jan 1, 1955
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs move to Nashville to make regular appearances on WSM's radio and television stations, and the Grand Ole Opry
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