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May 4, 1922
Recording engineer Glenn Snoddy is born in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Employed at the Castle and Bradley studios, he runs the tape machine for numerous classics, including Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire," Marty Robbins' "Don't Worry" and Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart"
May 4, 1922
Nelle Poe is born near Big Creek, Mississippi. She becomes a member of the family group The Poe Sisters, who join the Grand Ole Opry in 1944
May 5, 1922
Songwriter J.D. Miller is born in Iota, Louisiana. He pens Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
May 8, 1922
Homer Bailes is born in Kanawha County, West Virginia. He plays fiddle with Hank Williams on "The Louisiana Hayride," and is one of four siblings who perform in a rotating duo lineup of The Bailes Brothers from 1942 into the 1950s
May 12, 1922
New York radio station WEAF airs the first commercially-sponsored program
May 31, 1922
"Vic" Willis is born in Schulter, Oklahoma. A member of the Grand Ole Opry through his work with The Willis Brothers and, later, the Vic Willis Trio, he spends his final 13 years as the secretary for the musicians' union in Nashville
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