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Dec 5, 1901
Walt Disney is born in Chicago. The entertainment mogul, creator of Mickey Mouse and Disneyland, builds a huge conglomerate which yields the Lyric Street label in the 1990s. The company develops hits for Aaron Tippin, Rascal Flatts and SHeDAISY
Dec 11, 1902
The Nashville Musicians Union--Local 257--is founded. All musicians who play on a "master" recording are paid through the AFM
Feb 13, 1914
ASCAP is formed at the Hotel Claridge in New York City. The performing rights agency--the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers--collects and distributes royalties to songwriters for the public use of their works
Feb 15, 1919
The United Artists Corporation is founded by five movie figures, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. It will lead to a UA label, which figures in the careers of Kenny Rogers, Dottie West, Bobby Goldsboro and Crystal Gayle
Oct 17, 1919
The Radio Corporation of America is formed. RCA becomes one of the most-storied labels in country's history, representing such acts as Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Alabama, Clint Black, Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and The Carter Family
Nov 2, 1920
KDKA in Pittsburgh goes on the air, becoming America's first radio station
Jun 30, 1922
Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland hold the first country recording session in New York City. The two collaborate on "Arkansas Traveller"
Oct 16, 1923
Walt and Roy Disney found Disney Brothers Studio in California. Eventually, the Disney conglomerate establishes Lyric Street Records, a country label that handles such acts as Aaron Tippin, Rascal Flatts and SHeDAISY
Apr 19, 1924
Chicago radio station WLS broadcasts the first "National Barn Dance"
Aug 13, 1924
Vernon Dalhart records "The Wreck Of The Old '97" and "The Prisoner's Song" in New York. The two sides form the first million-selling single in country music history
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