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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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