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Ralph Peer records the music of Fiddlin' John Carson and becomes a regional hit.
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Hank Williams is born in Olive, Alabama.
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Viriginia Hensley is born in Winchester, VA.
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Fred Rose and Roy Acuff form the Nashville-based country music and permanently re-center of the country music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Elvis Presley records his debut album with a mix of gospel, R&B and country tunes.
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John Cash does his first recording sessions at Sun, singing "Wide Open Road" and "You're my Baby."
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Elvis headlines his own country music tour.
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Jerry Lee records his biggest hit "Great Balls of Fire"
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Country Music Hall of Fame is established.
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Hank Williams dies in the backseat of his Cadillac on New Years Day.
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Patsy Cline dies in a plane crash.
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Buck Owens records the greatest live album of Bakersfields sound country music.
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Dolly Parton releases her first records, "Haooy Birthday, Baby' and "Dumb Blonde"
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Charley Pride releases his first single "Snakes Crawl at Night".
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Johnny Cash Show launches on ABC
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Willie Nelson hold his first Fourth of July Picnic near Austin, Texasa and becomes a Texan Tradition.
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John Travolta stars in Urban Cowboy where country music is popularized again.
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Garth Brooks debuts with "If Tommorow Never Comes" and becomes a dominant country musician for the next decade.
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T-Bone Burnett produced the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou and revives Bluegrass music.