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    • Feb 3, 1949
    Slim Whitman holds his first recording session, for RCA, at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. His backing band includes Homer & Jethro
    Jun 3, 1949
    Ernest Tubb marries Olene Adams Carter, his second wife, in Rossville, Georgia
    Dec 11, 1949
    Fiddlin' John Carson dies of cancer at home in Atlanta, Georgia, with a fiddle in his hands. He was the first country artist to sell a major volume of records following his first recording session, in 1923
    Dec 13, 1949
    Country recording pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson is eulogized at East Side Baptist Church in Atlanta, with governor Herman Talmadge serving as an honorary pallbearer
    Feb 18, 1950
    "The WSB Barn Dance" airs for the last time in Atlanta
    May 9, 1950
    Fiddler Randy Howard is born in Macon, Georgia. He records with the likes of Chet Atkins, George Jones, Kenny Chesney and BlackHawk
    Jan 15, 1951
    "TV Ranch" debuts on WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. The program provides a launching pad for Brenda Lee
    Oct 16, 1951
    Little Richard holds his first recording session, at WGST Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. He goes on to write two songs that become country hits: Waylon Jennings' "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Slippin' And Slidin'"
    Nov 5, 1951
    Songwriter Archie Jordan is born in Augusta, Georgia. He writes the Ronnie Milsap ballads "Let's Take The Long Way Around The World" and "It Was Almost Like A Song," plus hits for Sylvia, Charlie Rich and Barbara Mandrell
    Jun 5, 1952
    A grand jury in Macon, Georgia, indicts Frank Tanner for the murder of Bud Penniman, the father of Little Richard, in February. The case is later dismissed. Little Richard writes the country hit "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
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