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    • Aug 1, 1925
    Billboard founder Bill Donaldson dies. His publication goes on to become the leading trade paper in the music industry
    Oct 18, 1931
    Thomas A. Edison dies in West Orange, New Jersey. His invention of the talking machine in the 1800s led directly to the development of the recording industry, providing a foundation for country music's future
    Nov 2, 1932
    William Morris, founder and namesake of the William Morris booking agency, dies
    Apr 7, 1947
    Henry Ford dies at his home in Dearborn, Michigan. Twenty-six years later, Jerry Reed revives his memory as he lampoons a gas crisis in "Lord, Mr. Ford"
    Mar 25, 1949
    Jack Kapp dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York City. In 1934, he founded Decca Records, which would become a significant country label, housing such artists as Ernest Tubb, Red Foley, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
    Jul 11, 1950
    Pop songwriter and Capitol Records co-founder Buddy De Sylva dies in Los Angeles. The label has already enjoyed hits with Tex Ritter, Tex Williams, Jimmy Wakely, Hank Thompson and Merle Travis
    May 4, 1952
    J.L. Frank dies in a Detroit hotel room, where he's been laid up with strep throat. Referred to as the "Flo Ziegfeld of country music," he was the first major promoter and manager in the genre, working with Pee Wee King, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl in a career that will place him in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 1, 1954
    Fred Rose dies in Nashville of a heart attack. Rose founded Acuff-Rose Publishing with Roy Acuff, produced Hank Williams and wrote "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain." He is one of the first inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Jul 5, 1958
    Harry Warner dies in Hollywood, California. With three siblings, he created Warner Bros. Pictures, a major film company that would also start a record label, which plays a hand in the careers of Randy Travis, Faith Hill and Emmylou Harris, among others
    Jan 19, 1960
    Ralph Sylvester Peer dies in Hollywood. Peer coined the phrase "hillbilly music" and produced the first recordings of Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. He is inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984



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