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    • Mar 28, 2003
    CMT pays a nod to "The 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music," but ranks a couple of its pioneers surprisingly low. Roy Acuff, "the King of Country Music," places at #14; while Jimmie Rodgers, "the Father of Country Music," ranks at #33
    Aug 24, 2004
    In The Tennessean, the Country Music Hall of Fame names Maybelle Carter's 1928 Gibson guitar as its most important instrument. Also in the Top 5: Jimmie Rodgers' guitar, Bob Wills' fiddle, Chet Atkins' guitar and Les Paul's electric guitar prototype
    Mar 20, 2005
    The PBS documentary "The Appalachians" debuts with music by Mac Wiseman, Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, The Blue Sky Boys, Blind Alfred Reed, June Carter, Jeff Black, Jean Ritchie, Grandpa Jones, The Osborne Brothers, Ricky Skaggs and Jason Ringenberg
    Mar 22, 2005
    Dualtone releases "The Appalachians" soundtrack, featuring June Carter Cash, Grandpa Jones, The Osborne Brothers, Blind Alfred Reed, The Carter Family, Jeff Black, The Blue Sky Boys, Ricky Skaggs, David Grisman & Tony Rice, Jimmie Rodgers and Mac Wiseman
    Apr 5, 2005
    The Library of Congress announces 50 additions to the National Recording Registry. Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)," Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" are among the new titles
    Jan 10, 2007
    Two Jimmie Rodgers records--"In The Jail House Now" and "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)," featuring Louis Armstrong--are announced as new entries in the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with Patsy Montana's "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" and The Delmore Brothers' "Blues Stay Away From Me"
    May 3, 2007
    The Mississippi Blues Commission unveils a Jimmie Rodgers marker at Singing Brakeman Park in Meridian
    Jun 28, 2007
    The Country Music Hall of Fame honors the 80th anniversary of the first recording sessions held by Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family with the opening of a new exhibit, "Country's Big Bang: The Bristol Sessions"
    Feb 15, 2009
    Jimmie Rodgers receives the first star, in front of the MSU Riley Center in Meridian, in a new Mississippi Walk of Fame
    May 15, 2009
    Oxford University Press publishes "Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed The Pop Sounds Of A Century," written by Barry Mazor
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