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    • Jan 23, 1898
    Western actor Randolph Scott is born in Orange County, Virginia. He becomes the subject of The Statler Brothers' single "Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott," earning a Grammy nomination in 1976
    Feb 7, 1898
    Singer and banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs is born in West Norton, Virginia. The coal miner puts together a music career on the side, becoming a recording pioneer in 1927 with a series of traditional, rural-built performances
    Oct 21, 1898
    Ezra Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. He becomes the manager of The Carter Family, which features both his brother, A.P. Carter, and his wife, Maybelle Carter. Ezra's children include singers Helen Carter, June Carter and Anita Carter 
    Jul 21, 1899
    Sara Carter is born in Flat Woods, Virginia. With husband A.P. Carter and cousin Maybelle Carter, she founds The Carter Family, which becomes one of country music's early success stories behind such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Apr 24, 1900
    Songwriter Bobby Gregory is born in Staunton, Virginia. He writes "Sunny Side Of The Mountain," recorded by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jimmy Martin in the Dirt Band's 1972 album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Sep 28, 1900
    Hattie Frost is born in Virginia. She marries Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, one of country music's first successful recording artists, and bears his children, many of whom unite with their father to form The Stoneman Family
    Sep 27, 1903
    The #97 mail train crashes on the Southern Railway outside Danville, Virginia, inspiring Vernon Dalhart's early country hit "The Wreck Of The Old '97"
    May 12, 1904
    Ernest Stoneman, founder of The Stoneman Family, acquires a stepmother when his father, Elisha, marries Susan Wells
    Jun 13, 1905
    African-American musician Lesley Riddle is born in Burnsville, North Carolina. He becomes an important influence on The Carter Family, joining A.P. Carter to scout for songs in the hills of Appalachia and teaching Maybelle Carter her technique on guitar
    Jan 6, 1907
    Rockabilly performer Roy Hall is born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He records the original version of Jerry Lee Lewis' hit "A Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On." Hall will also claim to have written the song under the pseudonym Sunny David
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