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    • Mar 24, 1953
    Leo Fender receives a patent for his Precision Bass, signaling the official beginning of the electric bass guitar
    Jun 5, 1954
    Calling it a money-saving move, several record companies make the seven-inch single an industry standard
    Mar 2, 1959
    The Everly Brothers record in stereo for the first time at RCA Studio B in Nashville. The session yields two minor pop hits: "Take A Message To Mary" and "Poor Jenny"
    Apr 4, 1960
    Billboard magazine reports that RCA has become the first record label to release pop singles in stereo
    Nov 7, 1965
    A sign of the times--Chet Atkins comes out in favor of stereo in The Tennessean: "Everything sounds better in stereo...It makes everything sound more life-like"
    Jan 19, 1966
    King of the tube: Roger Miller hosts an NBC-TV special, the first color 30-minute special in the network's history. Miller covers "King Of The Road," and the show leads directly to Miller hosting a weekly network series
    Aug 20, 1967
    A sound decision: Ray Dolby introduces the Dolby noise-reduction system, which cuts tape hiss in recordings
    Oct 29, 1969
    Computers communicate for the first time, transmitting two letters before crashing. The event marks the birth of the Internet, the subject of Alan Jackson's "www.memory" and Brad Paisley's "Online"
    Sep 14, 1970
    American sax player Steve Marcus records the first commercial digital recording with Japanese rock musicians. Digital recording becomes the standard in country music during the late-1980s
    Apr 4, 1975
    Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The tech company is referenced in Lee Brice's 2009 single "Love Like Crazy"



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