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Oct 5, 1925
WSM signs on the air in Nashville. The station becomes an important magnet for country music by developing the Grand Ole Opry. Eventually, the country industry is clustered in the Tennessee capital, known as Music City
Oct 11, 1925
Jimmy Murphy is born in Republic, Alabama. His 1950s recording of "Electricity" is considered one of country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
Oct 13, 1925
Leslie Wilburn is born in Thayer, Missouri. He's a member of The Wilburn Family, which appears on the Grand Ole Opry beginning in 1940. Younger siblings Doyle and Teddy later emerge as a hitmaking duo, The Wilburn Brothers
Oct 15, 1925
Guitarist Mickey Baker is born in Louisville, Kentucky. As part of the duo Mickey And Sylvia, he sings on the 1957 pop hit "Love Is Strange." He also authors a Jim Reeves country hit, "Two Shadows On Your Window"
Oct 16, 1925
Guitarist Bob McNett is born in Roaring Branch, Pennsylvania. He plays with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys from 1945-1950
Oct 17, 1925
Songwriter Ted Jarrett is born in Nashville. Primarily an R&B composer, he also pens Webb Pierce's 1955 country hit "Love, Love, Love"
Oct 18, 1925
Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters debut on Nashville's WSM Radio
Oct 20, 1925
Producer/engineer Tom Dowd is born in New York City. Noted for his work with Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin and Lynyrd Skynyrd, he also produces Dusty Springfield's "Son-Of-A-Preacher Man," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book as one of country's 500 greatest singles
Oct 23, 1925
TV personality Johnny Carson is born in Corning, Iowa. Best known as the host of "The Tonight Show," he gets namechecked in Jo Dee Messina's 1996 country hit "You're Not In Kansas Anymore"
Oct 25, 1925
Fiddler Oscar Stone joins Dr. Humphrey Bate's group, The Possum Hunters, which soon becomes one of the first star acts of the Grand Ole Opry
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