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    • Jun 15, 1880
    Blues singer Blind Alfred Reed is born in Floyd, Virginia. In 2003, his performance of "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 4, 1929
    Blind Alfred Reed records "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" in New York. The track will be ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 17, 1956
    Blues singer/songwriter Blind Alfred Reed dies in Cool Ridge, West Virginia. His 1929 recording of "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" is ranked in 2003 among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation issues "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." On the list are 1920s bluesmen Tommy Johnson ("Cool Drink Of Water Blues") and Blind Alfred Reed ("How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live")
    Mar 20, 2005
    The PBS documentary "The Appalachians" debuts with music by Mac Wiseman, Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, The Blue Sky Boys, Blind Alfred Reed, June Carter, Jeff Black, Jean Ritchie, Grandpa Jones, The Osborne Brothers, Ricky Skaggs and Jason Ringenberg
    Mar 22, 2005
    Dualtone releases "The Appalachians" soundtrack, featuring June Carter Cash, Grandpa Jones, The Osborne Brothers, Blind Alfred Reed, The Carter Family, Jeff Black, The Blue Sky Boys, Ricky Skaggs, David Grisman & Tony Rice, Jimmie Rodgers and Mac Wiseman
    Nov 16, 2007
    Little Jimmy Dickens heads the first class of 10 inductees in the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, honored at Charleston's Cultural Center Theater. Also added: Billy Edd Wheeler, Hazel Dickens, Johnnie Johnson, Molly O'Day and Blind Alfred Reed
    Jan 14, 2020
    Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson's single "Pancho And Lefty" is named a 2020 addition to the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight," The Stanley Brothers' "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow," The Chuck Wagon Gang's "I'll Fly Away" and Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live"
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