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    • 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
    Sep 18, 1922
    Fiddler Clayton McMichen makes his first appearance on Atlanta radio station WSB
    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 1, 1924
    Edison Records releases Vernon Dalhart's "The Wreck Of The Old '97." Dalhart's subsequent Victor recording of the song is widely regarded as the first million-selling single in country music history
    Jan 27, 1925
    Nashville dance band leader Francis Craig has his first recording session in Atlanta, cutting "Marble Halls" and "Steady Roll Blues." He goes on to write the 1947 pop hit "Near You," covered as a country hit by George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
    Jul 7, 1925
    Clayton McMichen holds his first recording session
    Jul 27, 1925
    Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers hold their first recording session in New York. The effort yields "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues" and "Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister"
    Oct 18, 1925
    Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters debut on Nashville's WSM Radio
    Dec 19, 1925
    Uncle Dave Macon makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
    Apr 18, 1927
    Jimmie Rodgers makes his radio debut at Asheville's WWNC



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