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    • Sep 22, 1927
    Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey in a heavyweight title fight at Chicago's Soldier Field. In the audience: future cowboy star Gene Autry
    Dec 4, 1927
    The male singing trio The Vagabonds makes its first appearance on Chicago's WBBM. The group--featuring Dean Upson, Paul Upson and Robert Dugan--goes on to membership in the Grand Ole Opry
    Dec 19, 1927
    Bradley Kincaid holds his first recording session for Gennett Records in Chicago
    Feb 27, 1928
    Bradley Kincaid records "Barbara Allen" in Chicago
    Jul 25, 1928
    Uncle Dave Macon records "Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line" in Chicago. The song appears on the 1952 Smithsonian album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Jul 26, 1928
    Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee record "Comin' Round The Mountain" in Chicago. The cut will be used in the second episode of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Aug 21, 1928
    Roy Wariner is born in Champaign, Illinois. One of his five children becomes a country star: Steve Wariner
    Nov 11, 1929
    R&B singer LaVern Baker is born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1958, she introduces the pop hit "I Cried A Tear," covered in country music the following year by Ernest Tubb
    Jan 17, 1930
    Tex Ritter quits law school at Northwestern University in Chicago because it conflicts with his acting schedule
    Mar 18, 1930
    Fiddler Billy Armstrong is born in Streator, Illinois. He plays on the Buck Owens single "Big In Vegas," plus several Hank Thompson hits, including "A Six Pack To Go," "Hangover Tavern" and "Oklahoma Hills"
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