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Nov 19, 1930
The Carolina Tar Heels record "Got The Farm Land Blues" in Memphis. The song appears on the landmark 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
Nov 24, 1930
The Carter Family records "Lonesome Valley" in Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 29, 1930
Henry Whitter, best known for recording "The Wreck On The Southern Old 97," makes his lone Grand Ole Opry appearance
Dec 11, 1930
Nineteen months after Eddy Arnold's father died, the family's property is bought at auction in Jackson, Tennessee, by Obe and M.B. Latham, who re-sell it eight days later to Allan Arnold, Eddy's half-brother
Dec 19, 1930
Allan Arnold, Eddy Arnold's half-brother, purchases the family farm from Obe and M.B. Latham, who had bought it at auction eight days prior. Eddy's family becomes tenants, instead of landowners
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
Mar 28, 1931
Fiddler Benny Williams is born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He tours with Stonewall Jackson, Flatt & Scruggs, Mac Wiseman and Bill Monroe and plays on the Porter Wagoner hit "Misery Loves Company"
Apr 5, 1931
Songwriter/producer "Cowboy" Jack Clement is born in Whitehaven, Tennessee. He writes hits for Bobby Bare and Jim Reeves; produces hits by Charley Pride, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis; and lands in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013
Aug 5, 1931
Radio executive Hal Durham is born in McMinnville, Tennessee. He becomes the announcer for the Grand Ole Opry in 1964, and eventually the Opry manager and president of the Opry's general business group
Aug 6, 1931
Steel guitarist Billy Robinson is born in Nashville. He appears on hits by Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Ernest Tubb
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