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  • Aug 10, 1927
    Jimmy Martin is born in Sneedville, Tennessee. He becomes the first lead singer in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, later breaking away to forge a solo bluegrass career
    Sep 20, 1927
    Pearl Butler is born in Nashville. Joining her husband Carl, she records the 1962 hit "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
    Oct 31, 1927
    Anita Kerr is born in Memphis. She forms The Anita Kerr Singers, a background vocal group that plays a role in such hits as Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Bobby Bare's "Detroit City"
    Dec 10, 1927
    "The WSM Barn Dance" officially becomes The Grand Ole Opry
    Dec 17, 1927
    G.W. Wilkerson & His Fruit Jar Drinkers make their debut on the Grand Ole Opry
    Dec 24, 1927
    One of the Grand Ole Opry's hoedown bands, formerly known as Paul Warmack & His Barn Dance Orchestra, works the show for the first time as The Gully Jumpers
    Dec 24, 1927
    Guitarist Sam McGee makes his first appearance in listings for the Grand Ole Opry
    Jan 8, 1928
    Luther Perkins is born in Tennessee. The guitarist plays an essential role in defining Johnny Cash's "boom-chicka-boom" rockabilly sound, beginning in 1955. Perkins is lauded in the title of Cash's Top 10 1959 single "Luther Played The Boogie"
    Feb 1, 1928
    Harry Stone becomes a staff announcer for WSM-AM in Nashville. He will eventually take over as general manager of the Grand Ole Opry
    Feb 3, 1928
    Blues musician Tommy Johnson records "Cool Drink Of Water Blues" in Memphis. It gets listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

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