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Apr 1, 1927
DeFord Bailey has his first recording session, cutting "Pan American Blues" and "Hesitation Blues" in Atlanta for Columbia Records. Neither is released
Apr 5, 1927
Pioneering country-blues duo Darby & Tarlton hold their first recording session for Columbia Records in Atlanta
Sep 3, 1927
Becky Barfield is born in Macon, Georgia. As a teenager, she becomes the lead singer for Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys
Oct 18, 1927
Fiddler G.B. Grayson records "Ommie Wise" in Atlanta, Georgia. The track is destined to appear on the influential 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
Nov 10, 1927
Darby & Tarlton record "Columbus Stockade Blues" and "Birmingham Jail" for Columbia in Atlanta
Jul 6, 1928
Wallace Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. He joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family. Their record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Oct 14, 1928
The Carolina Tar Heels, featuring Clarence "Tom" Ashley, record "Peg And Awl" in Atlanta, Georgia. It's among the more than 80 seminal roots recordings featured on the acclaimed 1952 collection "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
Oct 20, 1928
Jimmie Rodgers records "Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)" and "My Carolina Sunshine Girl" in Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 22, 1928
Jimmie Rodgers records his best-selling record, "Waiting For A Train," plus "I'm Lonely And Blue" in Atlanta
Jan 15, 1929
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He's referenced in the lyrics of Collin Raye's "My Kind Of Girl," Tommy Cash's "Six White Horses," Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice" and Brad Paisley's "Welcome To The Future"
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