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    • Feb 4, 1929
    Guitarist Paul Burlison is born in Brownsville, Texas. He becomes an important figure in rockabilly music, playing with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette in the Rock & Roll Trio on the hit "The Train Kept A-Rollin'"
    Feb 5, 1929
    Drummer Hal Blaine is born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. One of the most-recorded session drummers of the 1960s and '70s, he plays on recordings by Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell, Tanya Tucker and John Denver, among others
    Feb 8, 1929
    Blues singer and keyboard player Floyd Dixon is born in Marshall, Texas. He writes "Hey Bartender," which becomes a country hit for Johnny Lee in 1983
    Feb 8, 1929
    Victor releases the first singles featuring Grand Ole Opry stars Uncle Joe Mangrum and The Crook Brothers
    Feb 8, 1929
    Victor releases Jimmie Rodgers' two-sided single "Waiting For A Train" and "Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)"
    Feb 8, 1929
    When Jimmie Rodgers is bed-ridden with pleurisy in his hometown, a local messenger, Bill Bruner, is tabbed to do his best impersonation for six songs at a Meridian, Mississippi, theater. Rodgers gives him $10 and a guitar the next day
    Feb 14, 1929
    The Carter Family records "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," "Sweet Fern" and "Little Moses" in Camden, New Jersey, at the Victor Studio. The former song's melody provides a blueprint for "The Wild Side Of Life" and "Great Speckled Bird"
    Feb 15, 1929
    The Carter Family records "The Foggy Mountain Top" and "Engine One-Forty-Three" at the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, New Jersey. The former inspires the name of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' bluegrass band, The Foggy Mountain Boys
    Feb 23, 1929
    Jimmie Rodgers records "Blue Yodel No. 5 (Ain't No Blackhearted Woman)," "I'm Sorry We Met" and "High Powered Mama" at the Victor Studios in New York
    Feb 28, 1929
    Decca Records is founded in the United Kingdom. After its entry into country, the label will be associated with Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Bill Anderson, Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb, among others
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