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    • Nov 4, 1926
    Ernest and Hattie Stoneman have their fifth child, Billy Stoneman, in Galax, Virginia. While a number of their 15 children unite with their father in The Stoneman Family, Billy does not take part in the group
    Jan 28, 1927
    Ernest "Pop" Stoneman records "Tell Mother I Will Meet Her" in New York. The song is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    May 12, 1927
    Ernest and Hattie Stoneman record "The Mountaineer's Courtship" in New York City. The song appears on the influential 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Jul 21, 1927
    Record producer Ralph Peer drives into Bristol, Tennessee, where he erects a recording studio in a hat warehouse. He uses the site to record Ernest Stoneman and to hold the first sessions with The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers
    Jul 25, 1927
    Producer Ralph Peer begins 12 days of recordings in a Bristol, Tennessee, warehouse as he holds a session with Ernest Stoneman. Within days, his field work turns up two new, significant acts: Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. The Bristol sessions will be referred to as "the big bang of country music"
    Sep 13, 1927
    Ernest Stoneman makes his radio debut, singing five songs on WGBS in New York
    Sep 19, 1927
    Ernest Stoneman buys two acres of land in Galax, Virginia, for his growing family, which includes six children by the end of the month
    Sep 23, 1927
    Victor releases the first two singles recorded during the historic Bristol sessions in August. One features a gospel group, the other pairs Ernest Stoneman with The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers
    Oct 31, 1928
    The Stoneman Family records "The Spanish Merchant's Daughter" in Bristol, Tennessee. The track is featured on the Smithsonian Institute's influential album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    May 10, 1929
    Ernest and Hattie Stoneman have their seventh child, Jack Monroe Stoneman, in Galax, Virginia. Jack does not participate when many of his siblings join their father in forming The Stoneman Family
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