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    • Feb 7, 1898
    Singer and banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs is born in West Norton, Virginia. The coal miner puts together a music career on the side, becoming a recording pioneer in 1927 with a series of traditional, rural-built performances
    Mar 9, 1927
    Dock Boggs records "Sugar Baby" and "Country Blues" in New York City. Both songs are included on the influential 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Feb 7, 1971
    Singer and banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs dies on his 73rd birthday. The coal miner was a country recording pioneer in 1927, and would land one song among the 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Mountain singers from the 1920s featured in the list include Dock Boggs, with "Country Blues," and Harry McClintock, with "The Big Rock Candy Mountains"
    Dec 2, 2005
    The Smithsonian's "Anthology Of American Folk Music" is certified gold by the RIAA 53 years after the album's release. It includes music by The Carter Family, The Stoneman Family, Buell Kazee, Charlie Poole, Clarence Ashley, Uncle Dave Macon, Eck Robertson and Dock Boggs
    Apr 11, 2006
    The Library of Congress adds 50 titles to the National Recording Registry, including two key country-related projects: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and the 1952 "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
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