Country Music History – September 30 Monday, September 30SEPTEMBER 30 1887: Thomas Edison formed the Edison Phonograph Company to market his new machine that records on wax cylinders. The first models...
Country Music History – September 29 Sunday, September 29SEPTEMBER 29 1895: Clarence Ashley was born in Bristol, VA. The mountain singer became an early recording artist, and the Country Foundation cites...
Country Music History – September 28 Saturday, September 28SEPTEMBER 28 1926: Comedian Jerry Clower was born in Liberty, MS. His southern, small-town tales about the Ledbetter family from Yazoo City, delivered...
Country Music History – September 27 Friday, September 27SEPTEMBER 27 1903: The #97 mail train crashed on the Southern Railway outside Danville, VA, inspiring Vernon Dalhart's early country hit "The Wreck...
Country Music History – September 26 Thursday, September 26SEPTEMBER 26 1925: Martin Robinson was born in Glendale, AZ. Under the name Marty Robbins, he brought a smooth style and confident swagger...
Country Music History – September 25 Wednesday, September 25SEPTEMBER 251889: David "Dad" Carter was born in Milltown, KY. He founded The Chuck Wagon Gang, an influential Southern gospel act. The...
Country Music History – September 24 Tuesday, September 24SEPTEMBER 24 1933: Drummer Mel Taylor was born in Brooklyn, NY. A member of the rock instrumental group The Ventures beginning in 1961,...
Country Music History – September 23 Monday, September 23SEPTEMBER 23 1927: Victor released the first two singles recorded during the historic Bristol sessions in August. One featured a gospel group, the...
Country Music History – September 22 Sunday, September 22SEPTEMBER 22 1947: Columbia released Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys' original version of "Blue Moon Of Kentucky."1956: Debby Boone...
Country Music History – September 21 Saturday, September 21SEPTEMBER 21 1912: Ted Daffan was born in Beauregard Parish, LA. The singer/songwriter rose to fame in the 1940s with such songs as...
Country Music History – September 20 Friday, September 20SEPTEMBER 20 1892: Songwriter Roy Turk was born in New York, NY. He wrote Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome To-night?" and...
Country Music History – September 19 Thursday, September 19SEPTEMBER 19 1924: Songwriter Horace "Danny" Dill was born in Dollar Hill, TN. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975,...