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    • Aug 12, 1877
    Thomas Edison uses the phonograph to make the very first sound recording, a rendition of "Mary Had A Little Lamb"
    Mar 18, 1902
    Enrico Caruso becomes the first performer to make a recording, singing into a megaphone-shaped device while his rendition is etched into a cylinder. It's a significant event in the development of the recording business
    Sep 13, 1916
    Vernon Dalhart conducts his first recording session, cutting a light classical piece, "Just A Word Of Sympathy," for Columbia in New York City. Eight years later, he begins recording country music
    Mar 21, 1922
    Vaudeville singer Elsie Clark becomes the first artist to record "Lovesick Blues." The song eventually becomes a watershed in the career of Hank Williams
    Jun 30, 1922
    Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland hold the first country recording session in New York City. The two collaborate on "Arkansas Traveller"
    Jul 1, 1922
    A day after becoming the first artist to record a country song, Eck Robertson cuts "Sally Goodin" in New York
    Jun 14, 1923
    Fiddlin' John Carson becomes the first country artist produced by Ralph Peer. The Atlanta session, co-produced by Polk Brockman, includes "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" and "The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow"
    Nov 7, 1923
    Fiddlin' John Carson records "Fare You Well Old Joe Clark" and "The Farmer Is The Man That Feeds Them All" in New York. Both songs will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Dec 10, 1923
    Henry Whitter records "The Wreck On The Southern Old 97" in New York, inspiring Vernon Dalhart's later version of the song
    Mar 7, 1924
    Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett hold their first recording session for Columbia Records in New York. The date includes a cover of "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane"



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