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    • Jan 1, 1923
    Los Angeles' KFI becomes the first radio station in America licensed by ASCAP, setting a precedent for the songwriting industry. As a result, songwriters receive a royalty each time one of their tunes is played on the radio
    Jan 2, 1923
    Marion Bandy is born. His offspring will include country singer Moe Bandy
    Jan 4, 1923
    WBAP in Dallas becomes the first station west of the Mississippi River to broadcast country music, airing "The Radio Barn Dance"
    Jan 5, 1923
    Big Bill Lister is born in Kenedy, Texas. A friend of Hank Williams, he records the first commercial version of "There's A Tear In My Beer" and eventually gives Williams' demo to Hank Williams Jr., who turns it into a duet hit
    Jan 5, 1923
    Sun Records founder Sam Phillips is born in Florence, Alabama. He signs and produces such acts as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Jan 9, 1923
    Fiddler Henry Gilliland performs at the inauguration of Oklahoma governor John Walton, a massive outdoor barbecue in Oklahoma City
    Jan 12, 1923
    Ira Hayes is born in Sacaton, Arizona. He is one of the six soldiers who raises the flag on Mt. Suribachi during the invasion of Iwo Jima, but he struggles afterward with the mantle of heroism. His story inspires Johnny Cash's "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Jan 16, 1923
    Roy Lanham is born in Corbin, Kentucky. A member of The Sons Of The Pioneers for two decades, he plays guitar on such hits as Loretta Lynn's "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl," Ned Miller's "From A Jack To A King" and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans' "Happy Trails"
    Jan 20, 1923
    WMC Radio goes on the air in Memphis, Tennessee, as a subsidiary of The Memphis Commercial Appeal. The signal proves significant in the careers of Eddy Arnold and Grand Ole Opry founder George D. Hay
    Jan 20, 1923
    Otis Whitman is born in Tampa. Known professionally as Slim Whitman, the yodeler joins "The Louisiana Hayride" and scores eight hits in the 1950s, extending his career in the early-1980s by marketing his recordings on television commercials
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