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    • Nov 1, 1924
    Edison Records releases Vernon Dalhart's "The Wreck Of The Old '97." Dalhart's subsequent Victor recording of the song is widely regarded as the first million-selling single in country music history
    Aug 6, 1926
    Warner Bros. unveils the first "talkie," showing "Don Juan" at the Warner Theater in New York. The use of sound in films paves the way for country figures on soundtracks, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Faith Hill and The Dixie Chicks
    Apr 1, 1927
    RCA Records introduces the first automatic record changer in Germany
    Aug 4, 1927
    Jimmie Rodgers records for the first time in Bristol, Tennessee, singing "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" and "The Soldier's Sweetheart" during an afternoon session with producer Ralph Peer at a hat warehouse at 408 State Street
    Feb 28, 1929
    Decca Records is founded in the United Kingdom. After its entry into country, the label will be associated with Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Bill Anderson, Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb, among others
    Nov 1, 1929
    Edison Records closes, 51 years after it was opened in West Orange, New Jersey, by inventor Thomas Edison. The label began as the Edison Speaking Phonograph Company, originally intended to supply dictation equipment to businesses
    Sep 17, 1931
    RCA Records introduces the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record
    Aug 3, 1934
    Stuart Hamblen records his theme song, "Texas Plains," in Los Angeles
    Jun 10, 1935
    Alcoholics Anonymous is started in Ohio. The agency is an inspiration for Diamond Rio's "You're Gone," Kenny Chesney's "That's Why I'm Here" and Collin Raye's "Little Rock," and coins the phrase "one day at a time," leading to a Cristy Lane hit
    Oct 14, 1939
    BMI files its charter using the formal name Broadcast Music, Inc. The performing rights organization collects and distributes royalties for the public performance of songs on behalf of its member songwriters and publishers. The U.S. has two additional performing rights agencies: ASCAP and SESAC



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