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    • Oct 5, 1925
    WSM signs on the air in Nashville. The station becomes an important magnet for country music by developing the Grand Ole Opry. Eventually, the country industry is clustered in the Tennessee capital, known as Music City
    Nov 28, 1925
    "The WSM Barn Dance" begins broadcasting in Nashville, with a one-hour performance by Uncle Jimmy Thompson. It's later renamed the Grand Ole Opry. Thompson's first-night songs include "When You And I Were Young Maggie"
    Aug 6, 1926
    Warner Bros. unveils the first "talkie," showing "Don Juan" at the Warner Theater in New York. The use of sound in films paves the way for country figures on soundtracks, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Faith Hill and The Dixie Chicks
    Dec 29, 1926
    A front-page story in Variety magazine titled "Hill-Billy Music" thumbs its nose at fans of the burgeoning country genre. The piece portrays the audience as "poor white trash" who are "illiterate and ignorant, with the intelligence of morons"
    Feb 21, 1927
    WWNC Radio goes on the air in Asheville, North Carolina. Two months later, it provides a home for Jimmie Rodgers' broadcast debut
    Apr 1, 1927
    RCA Records introduces the first automatic record changer in Germany
    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
    Aug 1, 1927
    The Carter Family records for the first time in Bristol, Tennessee, with producer Ralph Peer. Among the trio's four songs are "Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow" and "The Storms Are On The Ocean"
    Aug 4, 1927
    Jimmie Rodgers records for the first time in Bristol, Tennessee, singing "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" and "The Soldier's Sweetheart" during an afternoon session with producer Ralph Peer at a hat warehouse at 408 State Street
    Oct 6, 1927
    "The Jazz Singer," the first motion picture with sound, opens in New York, starring Al Jolson. Among the songs he performs in the Warner Bros. flick: "Blue Skies," which becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1978



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