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The Original Dixieland Jazz Band became the first jazz band to make a recording.
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Okeh Records was the first US-based record company. The first blues record released by them was released in August of 1920.
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Considered the "Big Bang" of country music, Jimmie Rodgers and the Carters recorded for the first time in August of 1927.
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Gage Brewer performed on the first electronically amplified guitar in 1932. (No specific date.)
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He showed up in his first film as a singing cowboy in 1934 and showed up in a total of 93 films in his lifetime.
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Nat King Cole was a talented pianist but during a performance it's rumored that he was pressured into singing by a drunk man watching the show, and his voice was so good that it would overshadow his talent at piano.
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A concert occured where jazz was recognized as its own new kind of music.
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Thelonious Monk was being overshadowed by other artists until he began buying strange/quirky hats. This got him into fame where his talent could be recognized.
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Frank Sinatra opened his third season at Paramount Theatre in New York on Columbus Day and there is an amazing amount of fans excited to see him.
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Rocket 88 is the first rock 'n' roll record released, by Jackie Brenston.
