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    • Feb 17, 1938
    Banjo player Buck Trent is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A "Hee Haw" cast member, he plays with Bill Carlisle, Porter Wagoner and Roy Clark from the 1950s until 1980, when he goes solo. During his tenure with Wagoner, he invents the electric banjo. Trent also plays on Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene"
    Feb 17, 1937
    Victor releases the Jimmie Rodgers/Carter Family single "The Wonderful City," backed with Rodgers' "I've Only Loved Three Women"
    Feb 17, 1936
    The Delmore Brothers record "The Nashville Blues" in Charlotte. The song will be used in episode 2 of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Feb 17, 1936
    The Monroe Brothers, Bill and Charlie, hold their first recording session in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among the day's 10 songs: "My Long Journey Home," "What Would You Give In Exchange?" and "Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy"
    Feb 17, 1935
    Johnny Bush is born in Houston, Texas. A longtime cohort of Ray Price and Willie Nelson, his biggest hit comes with his 1969 version of Marty Robbins' "You Gave Me A Mountain." He also writes Nelson's "Whiskey River"
    Feb 17, 1931
    Carlton Lee Duncan is born. At age 24, he has a son, Glen Duncan, who plays fiddle on hits by George Strait, Shania Twain and Brad Paisley, among others
    Feb 17, 1931
    Uncle Jimmy Thompson dies of pneumonia in his home outside of Nashville. The fiddle player was the first musician to perform on what became the Grand Ole Opry
    Feb 17, 1930
    The Mississippi Sheiks record "Sitting On Top Of The World" in Shreveport, Louisiana
    Feb 17, 1922
    R&B singer Tommy Edwards is born in Richmond, Virginia. In 1958, he snares his biggest hit with "It's All In The Game," subsequently revised in 1977 as a country hit by Tom T. Hall
    Feb 17, 1920
    Guitarist Billy Byrd is born in Nashville, Tennessee. After working with Little Jimmy Dickens and George Morgan, he backs Ernest Tubb from 1949-1959, then returns for two more short stints with The Texas Troubadours
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