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    • Nov 22, 1887
    Thomas Edison signs a patent for an improved version of the phonograph, one that records on a wax cylinder, rather than on tinfoil
    Oct 6, 1889
    Thomas Edison has crude success with moving pictures in his Kineographic Theater in West Orange, New Jersey, leading to the development of film. The medium provides an acting outlet for such country stars as Dolly Parton, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson and Gene Autry
    Apr 4, 1894
    Thomas Edison showcases the kinetoscope in New York for the first time. A forerunner to the movie projector, it leads eventually to the film business, providing an acting outlet for such country stars as Dolly Parton, Gene Autry and Randy Travis
    Apr 27, 1901
    Thomas Edison begins advertising a "moving picture" machine in an issue of Billboard magazine. The movies provide an outlet for Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter and other country figures
    May 2, 1926
    Ernest Stoneman writes to Thomas Edison in an effort to expand his recording presence. He subsequently records for both Edison Records and Okeh, which has already issued a number of his performances
    Nov 1, 1929
    Edison Records closes, 51 years after it was opened in West Orange, New Jersey, by inventor Thomas Edison. The label began as the Edison Speaking Phonograph Company, originally intended to supply dictation equipment to businesses
    Oct 18, 1931
    Thomas A. Edison dies in West Orange, New Jersey. His invention of the talking machine in the 1800s led directly to the development of the recording industry, providing a foundation for country music's future
    Oct 19, 1976
    The Statler Brothers record "The Movies" during an afternoon session at Nashville's US Recording Studio. It lists 42 films and six people, including Tom Mix, Thomas Edison, David Hedison, Roy Rogers, Jim Thorpe and Faye Dunaway
    May 4, 2008
    Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, is one of the inaugural inductees in the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Also added: Bruce Springsteen, Yogi Berra, Albert Einstein and Frank Sinatra
    Jan 30, 2010
    Loretta Lynn, Bobby Darin and Michael Jackson receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Harold Bradley and Walter Miller claim Trustees Awards, and Thomas Edison gets a Technical Grammy
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