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Sep 3, 1927
Becky Barfield is born in Macon, Georgia. As a teenager, she becomes the lead singer for Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys
Sep 8, 1927
Songwriter Harlan Howard is born in Detroit. Added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997, his long list of credits includes Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces," The Judds' "Why Not Me" and Buck Owens' "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"
Sep 12, 1927
Helen Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. The daughter of The Carter Family's Maybelle Carter, she begins performing with the group in 1938, and eventually tours with her mother and sisters June and Anita, playing accordion for the group
Sep 13, 1927
Ernest Stoneman makes his radio debut, singing five songs on WGBS in New York
Sep 14, 1927
Pop singer Gene Austin records "My Blue Heaven" in New York City. The song is referenced 50 years later when Mel Tillis records the country hit "Ain't No California"
Sep 19, 1927
Ernest Stoneman buys two acres of land in Galax, Virginia, for his growing family, which includes six children by the end of the month
Sep 20, 1927
Pearl Butler is born in Nashville. Joining her husband Carl, she records the 1962 hit "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
Sep 21, 1927
Songwriter Gilles Thibault is born in Paris, France. He co-writes "Comme De'Habitude," a song that Paul Anka re-writes as "My Way." The latter title becomes a signature song for Frank Sinatra and a posthumous country hit for Elvis Presley
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
Sep 23, 1927
Victor releases the first two singles recorded during the historic Bristol sessions in August. One features a gospel group, the other pairs Ernest Stoneman with The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
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