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    • Jun 30, 1922
    Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland hold the first country recording session in New York City. The two collaborate on "Arkansas Traveller"
    Aug 28, 1922
    The first radio commercial, lasting 10 minutes, airs on WEAF in New York
    Nov 29, 1922
    Atlanta's WSB presents an "Old-Fashioned Concert," regarded as the first all-country radio program in history
    Jan 1, 1923
    Los Angeles' KFI becomes the first radio station in America licensed by ASCAP, setting a precedent for the songwriting industry. As a result, songwriters receive a royalty each time one of their tunes is played on the radio
    Jun 14, 1923
    Fiddlin' John Carson becomes the first country artist produced by Ralph Peer. The Atlanta session, co-produced by Polk Brockman, includes "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" and "The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow"
    Apr 19, 1924
    Chicago radio station WLS broadcasts the first "National Barn Dance"
    Aug 13, 1924
    Vernon Dalhart records "The Wreck Of The Old '97" and "The Prisoner's Song" in New York. The two sides form the first million-selling single in country music history
    Jan 15, 1925
    Record producer and entrepreneur Ralph Peer coins the phrase "hillbilly music" to describe southern folk
    Jan 29, 1925
    Reuben Puckett and Richard Brooks record "Always Think Of Mother" and "Down By The Mississippi Shore" in Atlanta. It is believed to be the first time an ongoing country duo makes a record
    Aug 1, 1925
    Billboard founder Bill Donaldson dies. His publication goes on to become the leading trade paper in the music industry



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