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Sep 1, 1924
Ernest Stoneman passes an audition with Columbia Records in New York. He declines an offer to record for the label, however, when he receives a better deal the next day from Okeh
Sep 1, 1924
Atlanta's Lyric Players open a theatrical production, "Mrs. Wiggs Of The Cabbage Patch," with Fiddlin' John Carson an instrumental member of the cast
Sep 2, 1924
"Rose-Marie" makes its Broadway debut. The show's title song--written by Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein and Otto Harbach--becomes a country hit for Slim Whitman 30 years later
Sep 2, 1924
A day after auditioning for Columbia Records in New York, Ernest Stoneman has a similar meeting with Ralph Peer at Okeh Records. He agrees to a deal with Okeh, bringing him $110, including expenses, for recording two songs
Sep 5, 1924
Ernest Stoneman holds his first recording session, cutting two songs for Okeh Records in New York, including "The Titanic." Neither title is released
Sep 11, 1924
R&B songwriter/producer Clyde Otis is born in Prentiss, Mississippi. Associated with Brook Benton and Dinah Washington, he authors several songs that will become country hits, including Sonny James' "Endlessly," Don Williams' "The Ties That Bind" and Randy Travis' "It's Just A Matter Of Time"
Sep 12, 1924
Leona Johnson is born in Williamsburg, Ohio. While working as one-half of the duo The Johnson Sisters at WLW Radio in Cincinnati in 1946, she meets her future husband, Chet Atkins
Sep 19, 1924
Comedian Don Harron is born in Toronto, Ontario. He plays DJ Charlie Farquharson on "Hee Haw," handling the role from the show's 1969 inception until 1986
Sep 19, 1924
Songwriter Horace "Danny" Dill is born in Dollar Hill, Tennessee. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975, he writes Lefty Frizzell's "The Long Black Veil," Patsy Cline's "So Wrong" and Bobby Bare's "Detroit City"
Sep 25, 1924
Songwriter Diane Lampert is born in The Bronx, New York. She authors Juice Newton's "Break It To Me Gently," plus Carl Smith's "Your Name Is Beautiful" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)"
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