Nov 7, 1923

Fiddlin' John Carson records "Fare You Well Old Joe Clark" and "The Farmer Is The Man That Feeds Them All" in New York. Both songs will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"

Sep 2, 1924

A day after auditioning for Columbia Records in New York, Ernest Stoneman has a similar meeting with Ralph Peer at Okeh Records. He agrees to a deal with Okeh, bringing him $110, including expenses, for recording two songs

Sep 5, 1924

Ernest Stoneman holds his first recording session, cutting two songs for Okeh Records in New York, including "The Titanic." Neither title is released

Oct 25, 1924

Emmett Miller holds his first recording session, at the Okeh Recording Studio in New York, though the results are never released. The minstrel singer influences such country pioneers as Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams

Jan 8, 1925

Ernest Stoneman records four songs, including "The Titanic," in New York. They are the first sides commercially released on the singer, who becomes one of the genre's first recording success stories

Jan 15, 1925

The Hill Billies record "Old Joe Clark" in New York. The track is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"

Jan 28, 1927

Frank Hutchison records "Stackalee" in New York. It appears on the influential "Anthology Of American Folk Music" and ranks among country's 500 greatest singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

Mar 17, 1927

Fiddlin' John Carson records "Old And In The Way" in Atlanta. The song is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"

May 12, 1927

Ernest and Hattie Stoneman record "The Mountaineer's Courtship" in New York City. The song appears on the influential 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"

Feb 14, 1928

Bluesman Mississippi John Hurt records "Frankie" in Memphis, Tennessee. The song pre-dates Jimmie Rodgers' recording of "Frankie And Johnny" and another version by Memphis' Elvis Presley