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    • Mar 20, 1897
    Singer/songwriter/harmonica player Frank Hutchison is born in Logan, West Virginia. His 1927 version of "Stackalee" is recognized among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    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"
    Nov 9, 1945
    Country bluesman Frank Hutchison dies. Among the first to record with a harmonica rack, he cut just 32 songs. One, "Stackalee," ranks among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time 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." Genre-busting records on the list include Harmonica Frank's "Rockin' Chair Daddy" and Frank Hutchison's "Stackalee"
    Dec 2, 2005
    The Smithsonian's "Anthology Of American Folk Music" goes gold 53 years after its release. It includes music by The Carolina Tar Heels, The Stoneman Family, Kelly Harrell, Ken Maynard, G.B. Grayson, Uncle Dave Macon, Frank Hutchison and Bascom Lunsford
    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"
    Feb 3, 2018
    Pioneering country blues artist Frank Hutchison is added to the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in Charleston
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