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Jul 4, 1927
Music executive Jimmy Key is born in Cullman County, Alabama. Known for signing Tom T. Hall to his first recording deal, Key is a music publisher, producer and the author of two Dave Dudley hits, "Last Day In The Mines" and "Please Let Me Prove (My Love For You)"
Jul 7, 1927
Carl "Doc" Severinsen is born in Arlington, Oregon. Best known as the bandleader for "The Tonight Show" during the Johnny Carson era, he co-writes the Mac Davis hit "Stop And Smell The Roses"
Jul 7, 1927
Charlie Louvin, of The Louvin Brothers, is born in Section, Alabama. Along with brother Ira, they mix gospel and country, landing on the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. Charlie remains with the Opry following his brother's death in 1965
Jul 9, 1927
Trombone player Lew McCreary is born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. In addition to work with Henry Mancini, The Monkees and Steely Dan, he also plays on a string of Glen Campbell hits, including "Galveston," "True Grit" and "Honey Come Back"
Jul 9, 1927
Ed Urick is born in Malden, Massachusetts. He joins three siblings to form The Ames Brothers, earning numerous hits, including the 1956 release "It Only Hurts For A Little While." Margo Smith turns the song into a country success in 1978
Jul 16, 1927
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith makes his first documented appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
Jul 20, 1927
Bass player and guitarist Velma Williams Smith is born in Logan County, Kentucky. She appears with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and later becomes a session musician, playing on hits by Bobby Bare, Skeeter Davis and Eddy Arnold
Jul 21, 1927
Record producer Ralph Peer drives into Bristol, Tennessee, where he erects a recording studio in a hat warehouse. He uses the site to record Ernest Stoneman and to hold the first sessions with The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers
Jul 25, 1927
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers record "If I Lose, I Don't Care" during an eight-song session in New York
Jul 25, 1927
Producer Ralph Peer begins 12 days of recordings in a Bristol, Tennessee, warehouse as he holds a session with Ernest Stoneman. Within days, his field work turns up two new, significant acts: Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. The Bristol sessions will be referred to as "the big bang of country music"
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