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    • Mar 3, 1922
    Jimmy Heap is born in Taylor, Texas. A leader of the honky-tonk band The Melody Masters, their version of "Release Me" becomes a hit in 1954, barely preceding hit versions of the same song by Ray Price and Kitty Wells
    Mar 14, 1922
    Organ player Artie Dunn is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He becomes a member of the pop instrumental act The Three Suns, who score a 1950 country hit with "Beyond The Sunset," featuring Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt
    Mar 14, 1922
    Pianist and arranger Les Baxter is born in Mexia, Texas. Noted for his work with Bob Hope and Nat King Cole, his Les Baxter Chorus supports Jimmy Wakely on the 1951 pop and country hit "Beautiful Brown Eyes"
    Mar 16, 1922
    WSB goes on the air in Atlanta. One week later, it becomes the first radio station to broadcast country music
    Mar 21, 1922
    Vaudeville singer Elsie Clark becomes the first artist to record "Lovesick Blues." The song eventually becomes a watershed in the career of Hank Williams
    Mar 22, 1922
    WLW Radio begins broadcasting in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1937, the station launches "The Renfro Valley Barn Dance," key in the careers of Red Foley, Homer & Jethro, Whitey Ford and The Coon Creek Girls
    Mar 23, 1922
    Fiddlin' John Carson becomes the first "hillbilly" artist to play on the radio, performing on Atlanta's WSB. His first song: "Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane"
    Mar 31, 1922
    Fiddler Howdy Forrester is born in Vernon, Tennessee. He joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for two years in the 1940s and plays with Roy Acuff during the '50s
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