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    • Oct 2, 1928
    DeFord Bailey records "John Henry" for Victor in Nashville under the guidance of producer Ralph Peer
    Oct 3, 1928
    The Grand Ole Opry's Theron Hale & His Daughters record for the first time, under the guidance of producer Ralph Peer in Nashville
    Oct 5, 1928
    Grand Ole Opry act The Crook Brothers' String Band records for the first time, with producer Ralph Peer at the helm, in Nashville
    Jan 19, 1960
    Ralph Sylvester Peer dies in Hollywood. Peer coined the phrase "hillbilly music" and produced the first recordings of Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. He is inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984
    Aug 16, 1971
    A monument is dedicated at the corner of 4th & State in Bristol, Tennessee, honoring the site of the first Ralph Peer-produced recording sessions featuring The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers
    Oct 8, 1984
    Pioneering record producer Ralph Peer and Floyd Tillman move into the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the 18th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House
    Aug 30, 1987
    Monique Peer dies in West Hollywood, California. The wife of late record producer and Country Music Hall of Fame member Ralph Peer, she ran the peer music group after his death in 1960
    Oct 22, 2001
    Alan Jackson joins the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, alongside Roy Drusky and record producer Ralph Peer, in a ceremony at the World Congress Center in Atlanta
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Library of Congress puts 50 recorded moments in a National Recording Registry documenting the 20th century. The list includes producer Ralph Peer's Bristol sessions of 1927, with Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Stoneman and The Carter Family
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Early Victor executive Ralph Peer places 15 titles on the list as a producer
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