Country music before 1923

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Events

1913: Atlanta Fiddler's Conventions are held for the first time in Atlanta , Georgia

1922: The WSB radio station goes on air for the first time in Atlanta

1922: Old-time musicians Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland record their first hillbilly titles at RCA Victor in New York City ; this marked the beginning of the commercial era of country music

Top hits before 1923

1922 - "Sally Gooden" - Eck Robertson
1922 - "Dear Old Southland" - Vernon Dalhart
1922 - "I Want My Mammi" - Vernon Dalhart
1922 - "Tuck Me To Sleep" - Vernon Dalhart

Born

Mar. 11, 1845 - Henry Gilliland
Jan. 1, 1848 - Uncle Jimmy Thompson
Mar. 23, 1868 - Fiddlin 'John Carson
Oct. 7, 1870 - Uncle Dave Macon
July 15, 1880 - Blind Alfred Reed
April 6, 1883 - Vernon Dalhart
June 6, 1885 - Gid Tanner
Aug. 23, 1886 - Wendell Hall
Nov. 20, 1888 - Eck Robertson
Aug. 4, 1890 - Carson Robison
Mar. 22, 1892 - Charlie Poole
Sept. 22, 1892 - Posey Rorer
May 7, 1894 - Riley Puckett
Sept. 19, 1895 (?) - Clarence Ashley
Sept. 8, 1897 - Jimmie Rodgers
Feb. 7, 1898 - Dock Boggs
Aug. 24, 1898 - Fred Rose
Sept. 24, 1899 - DeFord Bailey
Jan. 16, 1900 - Clayton McMichen
Aug. 5, 1900 - Frank Luther
Aug. 29, 1900 - Buell Kazee
Jun. 04, 1903 - Charlie Monroe
Sept. 15, 1903 - Roy Acuff
May 06, 1904 - Cliff Carlisle
December 18, 1904 - Wilf Carter (aka Montana Slim )
Sept. 29, 1907 - Gene Autry
June 4, 1908 - Texas Ruby
Sept. 19, 1908 - Bill Carlisle
Oct. 27, 1908 - Snuffy Jenkins
Apr. 17, 1909 - Tex Fletcher
Oct.10, 1909 - Moonshine Kate
July 17, 1910 - Red Foley
Jan. 19, 1911 - Ken Nelson
Sept. 9, 1911 - Bill Monroe
Nov. 5, 1911 - Roy Rogers
Nov. 18, 1912 - Jimmy Swan
June 27, 1913 - Elton Britt
Feb. 9, 1914 - Ernest Tubb
June 19, 1914 - Lester Flatt
Mar. 01, 1917 - Cliffie Stone

Mar. 26, 1917 - Billy Wallace

June 15, 1917 - Leon Payne

May 15, 1918 - Eddy Arnold

Sept. 14, 1918 - Malcolm Yelvington

Mar. 9, 1920 - Jerry Byrd

Aug. 30, 1919 - Kitty Wells

Sept. 27, 1920 - Hal Harris

Apr. 19, 1921 - Reece Shipley

Mar. 8, 1922 - Chuck Murphy