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    • Jan 8, 1925
    Ernest Stoneman records four songs, including "The Titanic," in New York. They are the first sides commercially released on the singer, who becomes one of the genre's first recording success stories
    Jan 15, 1925
    The Hill Billies record "Old Joe Clark" in New York. The track is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Jan 15, 1925
    Record producer and entrepreneur Ralph Peer coins the phrase "hillbilly music" to describe southern folk
    Jan 23, 1925
    Pianist and arranger Marty Paich is born in Oakland, California. His son, David Paich, follows in his footsteps as a keyboard player with the rock band Toto. The younger Paich also appears on Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights"
    Jan 25, 1925
    Farrell "Rusty" Draper is born in Kirksville, Missouri. Best known for his 1953 hit "Gambler's Guitar," he hosts his own radio shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s, and hosts the 1966 NBC-TV show "Swingin' Country"
    Jan 27, 1925
    Nashville dance band leader Francis Craig has his first recording session in Atlanta, cutting "Marble Halls" and "Steady Roll Blues." He goes on to write the 1947 pop hit "Near You," covered as a country hit by George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
    Jan 29, 1925
    Reuben Puckett and Richard Brooks record "Always Think Of Mother" and "Down By The Mississippi Shore" in Atlanta. It is believed to be the first time an ongoing country duo makes a record
    Jan 30, 1925
    Aileen Stanley & Gene Austin record the pop hit "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street" in New York City. Ella Fitzgerald's version of the song will reach an early version of Billboard's country chart in 1944
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