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    • Sep 28, 1928
    The Binkley Brothers hold the first Nashville recording session, cutting "I'll Rise When The Rooster Crows" under the guidance of producer Ralph Peer at the YMCA Hall. All the songs are re-recorded days later
    May 17, 1929
    Victor releases The Gully Jumpers' "The Little Red Caboose Behind The Train," the first Nashville recording to be issued as a single. An earlier Nashville release, by the Vaughan Quartet and The Binckley Brothers, was actually recorded later
    Sep 17, 1931
    RCA Records introduces the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record
    May 17, 1933
    Jimmie Rodgers records "Cowhand's Last Ride" and "Blue Yodel No. 12 (Barefoot Blues)," the two sides on country music's first picture disc, at the Victor Studios in New York. Also recorded: "Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes" and "I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now)"
    Apr 4, 1934
    Milton Brown's Musical Brownies conduct a recording session widely regarded as the first official western swing recording in San Antonio
    Oct 14, 1939
    BMI files its charter using the formal name Broadcast Music, Inc. The performing rights organization collects and distributes royalties for the public performance of songs on behalf of its member songwriters and publishers. The U.S. has two additional performing rights agencies: ASCAP and SESAC
    Feb 15, 1940
    A performance rights organization, BMI, is founded to compete with ASCAP. Short for Broadcast Music, Inc., BMI collects and distributes royalties to songwriters for the public performance of their works
    Apr 8, 1942
    Liberty Records is formed by Glenn Wallichs and songwriters Johnny Mercer and Buddy DeSylva in Hollywood. The firm is renamed Capitol Records in June as it charts a path that includes hits for Keith Urban, Garth Brooks and Merle Haggard
    Aug 1, 1942
    The American Federation of Musicians goes on strike against record companies, refusing to play on any new recordings. Called the Petrillo Ban, the strike halts studio activity until September 1943
    Oct 30, 1942
    Acuff-Rose Music Publishing is founded in Nashville on a handshake by Roy Acuff and Fred Rose. The first music publisher in the city, Acuff-Rose handles copyrights for Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and Don Gibson, among others



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