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(December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_dates">No dates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: No dates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Several train crashes, all occurring between 1890 and 1903, occur throughout the country, inspiring several early country music recordings. These include the wreck of the C&O in 1890 ("Engine 143" by the Carter Family), train 382 near Vaughn, Mississippi (which inspired "Casey Jones") and train 97 near Danville, Virginia (bearing "Wreck of the Old 97"). The resulting themes are tales of tragedy, bravery and triumph.</li> <li>"Rube" comedy and long country dialect tales, such as the "Uncle Josh" series of songs from <a href="/wiki/Cal_Stewart" title="Cal Stewart">Cal Stewart</a>, become popular in the first decade of the 1900s and first part of the 1910s.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_recordings_of_the_pre-1920s_era">Notable recordings of the pre-1920s era</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable recordings of the pre-1920s era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1917">1917</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1917"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Till the Clouds Roll By" – <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Dalhart" title="Vernon Dalhart">Vernon Dalhart</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1919">1919</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1919"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Till_We_Meet_Again_(1918_song)" title="Till We Meet Again (1918 song)">Till We Meet Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Dalhart" title="Vernon Dalhart">Vernon Dalhart</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gladys_Rice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gladys Rice (page does not exist)">Gladys Rice</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1912">1912</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1912"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Ragtime_Cowboy_Joe" title="Ragtime Cowboy Joe">Ragtime Cowboy Joe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Roberts_(singer)" title="Bob Roberts (singer)">Bob Roberts</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span 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<ul><li>March 23 – <a href="/wiki/Fiddlin%27_John_Carson" title="Fiddlin' John Carson">Fiddlin' John Carson</a>, one of radio's first country music stars, recorded "<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Old_Log_Cabin_in_the_Lane" title="The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane">The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane</a>" (d. <a href="/wiki/1949_in_country_music" title="1949 in country music">1949</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1870">1870</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1870"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 7 – <a href="/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon" title="Uncle Dave Macon">Uncle Dave Macon</a>, "The Dixie Dewdrop" and country music pioneer who combined banjo playing, singing and comic talents to be one of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>'s first stars (d. <a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1883">1883</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1883"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 6 – <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Dalhart" title="Vernon Dalhart">Vernon Dalhart</a>, early 1900s singer whose "The Prisoner's Song" became country music's first million-selling single in 1925 (d. <a href="/wiki/1948_in_country_music" title="1948 in country music">1948</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1885">1885</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 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"Eck" Robertson</a>, fiddle player whose "Sally Gooden" became the first recording in the country music genre (d. <a href="/wiki/1975_in_country_music" title="1975 in country music">1975</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1889">1889</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1889"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 19 – Arthur E. Satherley, pioneering music executive (d. <a href="/wiki/1986_in_country_music" title="1986 in country music">1986</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1891">1891</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1891"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Darby_and_Tarlton" title="Darby and Tarlton">Tom Darby</a>, singer, guitar player and partner of Jimmie Tarlton (as Darby and Tarlton) (d. <a href="/wiki/1971_in_country_music" title="1971 in country music">1971</a>).</li> <li>December 15 – <a href="/wiki/A._P._Carter" title="A. P. Carter">A. P. Carter</a>, member of the legendary and original "<a href="/wiki/Carter_Family" title="Carter Family">Carter Family</a>" (d. <a href="/wiki/1960_in_country_music" title="1960 in country music">1960</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1892">1892</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 1892"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Poole" title="Charlie Poole">Charlie Poole</a>, singer, banjo player and leader of the "North Carolina Ramblers" (d. <a href="/wiki/1931_in_country_music" title="1931 in country music">1931</a>).</li> <li>April 6 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Whitter" title="Henry Whitter">Henry Whitter</a>, singer and one of the first recorded country musicians (d. <a href="/wiki/1941_in_country_music" title="1941 in country music">1941</a>)</li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Darby_and_Tarlton" title="Darby and Tarlton">Jimmie Tarlton</a>, singer, steel guitar player and partner of <a href="/wiki/Tom_Darby" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Darby">Tom Darby</a> (as Darby and Tarlton) (d. <a href="/wiki/1979_in_country_music" title="1979 in country music">1979</a>).</li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Peer" title="Ralph Peer">Ralph Peer</a>, talent scout and pioneering recording executive and producer (d. <a href="/wiki/1960_in_country_music" title="1960 in country music">1960</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1893">1893</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 1893"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Stoneman" title="Ernest Stoneman">Ernest "Pop" Stoneman</a>, singer, multi-instrumentalist and country musician (d. <a href="/wiki/1968_in_country_music" title="1968 in country music">1968</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1894">1894</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1894"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 7 – <a href="/wiki/Riley_Puckett" title="Riley Puckett">Riley Puckett</a>, singer, guitarist and member of the "<a href="/wiki/Skillet_Lickers" title="Skillet Lickers">Skillet Lickers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1946_in_country_music" title="1946 in country music">1946</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1895">1895</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1895"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Cotten" title="Elizabeth Cotten">Elizabeth Cotten</a>, left-handed guitarist and folk musician (d. <a href="/wiki/1987_in_country_music" title="1987 in country music">1987</a>).</li> <li>May 10 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_T._Sprague" title="Carl T. Sprague">Carl T. Sprague</a>, "The Original Singing Cowboy" (d. <a href="/wiki/1979_in_country_music" title="1979 in country music">1979</a>).</li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Kincaid" title="Bradley Kincaid">Bradley Kincaid</a>, early country musician and folk singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1989_in_country_music" title="1989 in country music">1989</a>)</li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Ashley" title="Clarence Ashley">Clarence Ashley</a>, banjoist, guitarist and early country musician (d. <a href="/wiki/1967_in_country_music" title="1967 in country music">1967</a>).</li> <li>November 9 – <a href="/wiki/George_D._Hay" title="George D. Hay">George D. Hay</a>, "The Solemn Old Judge", legendary announcer, first on <a href="/wiki/WLS_(AM)" title="WLS (AM)">WLS</a> and later on <a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1968_in_country_music" title="1968 in country music">1968</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1896">1896</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1896"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Hall" title="Wendell Hall">Wendell Hall</a>, "The Red Headed Music Maker", early country music singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1969_in_country_music" title="1969 in country music">1969</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1897">1897</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1897"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Hutchison" title="Frank Hutchison">Frank Hutchison</a>, early country blues singer and slide guitar player. (d. <a href="/wiki/1945_in_country_music" title="1945 in country music">1945</a>).</li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a>, "The Singing Brakeman", "America's Blue Yodeler", legendary country singer famous for his "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_Yodel_(list_of_Jimmie_Rodgers_songs)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Yodel (list of Jimmie Rodgers songs) (page does not exist)">Blue Yodels</a>" (d. <a href="/wiki/1933_in_country_music" title="1933 in country music">1933</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1898">1898</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 1898"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 7 – <a href="/wiki/Dock_Boggs" title="Dock Boggs">Dock Boggs</a>, old time country singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1971_in_country_music" title="1971 in country music">1971</a>).</li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/J._E._Mainer" title="J. E. Mainer">J. E. Mainer</a>, old time fiddle player of <a href="/wiki/The_Mountaineers_(band)" title="The Mountaineers (band)">The Mountaineers</a> and brother to <a href="/wiki/Wade_Mainer" title="Wade Mainer">Wade Mainer</a>. (d. <a href="/wiki/1971_in_country_music" title="1971 in country music">1971</a>).</li> <li>July 21 – <a href="/wiki/Sara_Carter" title="Sara Carter">Sara Carter</a>, member of the legendary and original "<a href="/wiki/Carter_Family" title="Carter Family">Carter Family</a>". (d. <a href="/wiki/1979_in_country_music" title="1979 in country music">1979</a>).</li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rose_(songwriter)" title="Fred Rose (songwriter)">Fred Rose</a>, songwriter (including "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Eyes_Crying_in_the_Rain" title="Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain">Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain</a>") founder of <a href="/wiki/Acuff-Rose_Music" title="Acuff-Rose Music">Acuff-Rose Music</a> publishing (d. <a href="/wiki/1954_in_country_music" title="1954 in country music">1954</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1899">1899</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 1899"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Jimmie Davis</a>, pop- and gospel-styled singer of the 1930s and 1940s ("<a href="/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine" title="You Are My Sunshine">You Are My Sunshine</a>"), who later served as governor of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2000_in_country_music" title="2000 in country music">2000</a>).</li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/DeFord_Bailey" title="DeFord Bailey">DeFord Bailey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmonica" title="Harmonica">harmonicaist</a> and first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> performer on the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1982_in_country_music" title="1982 in country music">1982</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1900_2">1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Clayton_McMichen" title="Clayton McMichen">Clayton McMichen</a>, pioneering fiddle player and member of the <a href="/wiki/Skillet_Lickers" title="Skillet Lickers">Skillet Lickers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1970_in_country_music" title="1970 in country music">1970</a>).</li> <li>April 15 – J.L. Frank, music executive (d. <a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1901">1901</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 1901"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Paducah" title="The Duke of Paducah">The Duke of Paducah</a>, comedian and star of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1986_in_country_music" title="1986 in country music">1986</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1902">1902</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 1902"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 24 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Law" title="Don Law">Don Law</a>, music executive (d. <a href="/wiki/1982_in_country_music" title="1982 in country music">1982</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1903">1903</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 1903"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a>, pioneering singer-songwriter of the 1930s onward, founder of <a href="/wiki/Acuff-Rose_Music" title="Acuff-Rose Music">Acuff-Rose Music</a> publishing, longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry (d. <a href="/wiki/1992_in_country_music" title="1992 in country music">1992</a>).</li> <li>December 6 – Hugh Farr, member of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_Pioneers" title="Sons of the Pioneers">Sons of the Pioneers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1980_in_country_music" title="1980 in country music">1980</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1905">1905</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 1905"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Tex_Ritter" title="Tex Ritter">Tex Ritter</a>, singing cowboy and actor, father of actor <a href="/wiki/John_Ritter" title="John Ritter">John Ritter</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1974_in_country_music" title="1974 in country music">1974</a>).</li> <li>March 6 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wills" title="Bob Wills">Bob Wills</a>, western swing pioneer, frontman of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Playboys" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Playboys">Texas Playboys</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1975_in_country_music" title="1975 in country music">1975</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1907">1907</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 1907"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a>, singing cowboy and star of big-screen westerns; introduced Christmas standards including "<a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>" (d. <a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">1998</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1908">1908</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: 1908"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Nolan" title="Bob Nolan">Bob Nolan</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_Pioneers" title="Sons of the Pioneers">Sons of the Pioneers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1980_in_country_music" title="1980 in country music">1980</a>).</li> <li>June 4 - <a href="/wiki/Texas_Ruby" title="Texas Ruby">Texas Ruby</a> (Ruby Agnes Owens), American pioneering country music female vocalist and musician (d. <a href="/wiki/1963_in_country_music" title="1963 in country music">1963</a>).</li> <li>July 13 – Tim Spencer, member of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_Pioneers" title="Sons of the Pioneers">Sons of the Pioneers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1974_in_country_music" title="1974 in country music">1974</a>).</li> <li>October 20 - <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Hamblen" title="Stuart Hamblen">Stuart Hamblen</a>, one of radio's first <a href="/wiki/Singing_cowboy" title="Singing cowboy">singing cowboys</a> in 1926 (d. <a href="/wiki/1989_in_country_music" title="1989 in country music">1989)</a>.</li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Patsy_Montana" title="Patsy Montana">Patsy Montana</a>, early female solo star best known for "<a href="/wiki/I_Want_to_Be_a_Cowboy%27s_Sweetheart" title="I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart">I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart</a>" (d. <a href="/wiki/1996_in_country_music" title="1996 in country music">1996</a>).</li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Cohen_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Cohen (producer)">Paul Cohen</a>, record producer, primarily with <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1970_in_country_music" title="1970 in country music">1970</a>)</li> <li>December 19 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Carlisle" title="Bill Carlisle">Bill Carlisle</a>, singer-guitarist and comedian, longtime member of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2003_in_country_music" title="2003 in country music">2003</a>).</li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Delmore_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Delmore Brothers">Alton Delmore</a>, one half of the Delmore Brothers (d. <a href="/wiki/1964_in_country_music" title="1964 in country music">1964</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1909">1909</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 1909"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 29 - <a href="/wiki/Moon_Mullican" title="Moon Mullican">Moon Mullican</a> (nicknamed "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players"), American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist (d. <a href="/wiki/1967_in_country_music" title="1967 in country music">1967</a>).</li> <li>April 17 - Tex Fletcher, Country singer and actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1987_in_country_music" title="1987 in country music">1987</a>).</li> <li>April 29 – Karl Farr, member of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_Pioneers" title="Sons of the Pioneers">Sons of the Pioneers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1961_in_country_music" title="1961 in country music">1961</a>).</li> <li>May 09 - <a href="/wiki/Don_Messer" title="Don Messer">Don Messer</a>, Canadian Country musician, band leader, radio broadcaster (d. <a href="/wiki/1973_in_country_music" title="1973 in country music">1973</a>).</li> <li>May 10 – <a href="/wiki/Maybelle_Carter" title="Maybelle Carter">"Mother" Maybelle Carter</a>, member of the original Carter Family in the 1920s and 1930s, and reformed group from the 1940s onward (d. <a href="/wiki/1978_in_country_music" title="1978 in country music">1978</a>)</li> <li>November 8 - <a href="/wiki/Lulu_Belle_and_Scotty" title="Lulu Belle and Scotty">Scotty</a> (Scott Greene Wiseman), part of the duo <a href="/wiki/Lulu_Belle_and_Scotty" title="Lulu Belle and Scotty">Lulu Belle und Scotty</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1999_in_country_music" title="1999 in country music">1999</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1910">1910</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 1910"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 17 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Foley" title="Red Foley">Red Foley</a>, guitarist and songwriter, one of country music's top stars of the 1940s and 1950s (d. <a href="/wiki/1968_in_country_music" title="1968 in country music">1968</a>).</li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Brasfield" title="Rod Brasfield">Rod Brasfield</a>, comedian and star of the Grand Ole Opry (d. <a href="/wiki/1958_in_country_music" title="1958 in country music">1958</a>).</li> <li>November 9 - <a href="/wiki/Curly_Fox" title="Curly Fox">Curly Fox</a>, old-time and country fiddler, singer and country musician. Part of the Comedy-Oldtime-Country-Duo "Curly Fox and Texas Ruby" (d. <a href="/wiki/1995_in_country_music" title="1995 in country music">1995</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1911">1911</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 1911"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Nelson_(United_States_record_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Nelson (United States record producer)">Ken Nelson</a>, American record producer and music executive; associated with acts including <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens" title="Buck Owens">Buck Owens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Thompson_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hank Thompson (music)">Hank Thompson</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2008_in_country_music" title="2008 in country music">2008</a>).</li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_H._Sholes" title="Stephen H. Sholes">Stephen H. Sholes</a>, record producer and executive with <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1968_in_country_music" title="1968 in country music">1968</a>).</li> <li>February 28 – Jim Denny, recording executive (d. <a href="/wiki/1963_in_country_music" title="1963 in country music">1963</a>).</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a>, influential bluegrass singer and musician (d. <a href="/wiki/1996_in_country_music" title="1996 in country music">1996</a>).</li> <li>November 5 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Rogers" title="Roy Rogers">Roy Rogers</a>, singing cowboy and actor who starred in many westerns; member of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_Pioneers" title="Sons of the Pioneers">Sons of the Pioneers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">1998</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1912_2">1912</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 1912"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 17 – Grant Turner, announcer of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1991_in_country_music" title="1991 in country music">1991</a>).</li> <li>October 25 – <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a>, comedian and star of the Grand Ole Opry and television's <i><a href="/wiki/Hee_Haw" title="Hee Haw">Hee Haw</a></i> (d. <a href="/wiki/1996_in_country_music" title="1996 in country music">1996</a>).</li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Stapp" title="Jack Stapp">Jack Stapp</a>, influential country music manager (d. <a href="/wiki/1980_in_country_music" title="1980 in country music">1980</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1913">1913</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 1913"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Jones" title="Grandpa Jones">Grandpa Jones</a>, "old-time" country singer, banjo player and comedian, star of television's <i><a href="/wiki/Hee_Haw" title="Hee Haw">Hee Haw</a></i> (d. <a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">1998</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1914">1914</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 1914"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a>, the "Texas Troubadour", singer-songwriter and one of the pioneers of the <a href="/wiki/Honky_tonk#Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Honky tonk">honky tonk sound</a> of country music (d. <a href="/wiki/1984_in_country_music" title="1984 in country music">1984</a>).</li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_King" title="Pee Wee King">Pee Wee King</a>, singer-songwriter, best known for writing "<a href="/wiki/The_Tennessee_Waltz" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tennessee Waltz">The Tennessee Waltz</a>" (d. <a href="/wiki/2000_in_country_music" title="2000 in country music">2000</a>).</li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Wright" title="Johnnie Wright">Johnnie Wright</a>, singer-songwriter and husband of <a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2011_in_country_music" title="2011 in country music">2011</a>).</li> <li>May 14 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Snow" title="Hank Snow">Hank Snow</a>, Canadian-born honky-tonk and western singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1999_in_country_music" title="1999 in country music">1999</a>).</li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Lester_Flatt" title="Lester Flatt">Lester Flatt</a>, one half of the bluegrass duo <a href="/wiki/Flatt_and_Scruggs" title="Flatt and Scruggs">Flatt and Scruggs</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1979_in_country_music" title="1979 in country music">1979</a>).</li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Connie_B._Gay" title="Connie B. Gay">Connie B. Gay</a>, music executive (d. <a href="/wiki/1989_in_country_music" title="1989 in country music">1989</a>).</li> <li>November 5 – Roy Horton, music executive (d. <a href="/wiki/2003_in_country_music" title="2003 in country music">2003</a>).</li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Tillman" title="Floyd Tillman">Floyd Tillman</a>, early honky-tonk singer of the 1940s (d. 2003).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1915">1915</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: 1915"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 1 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bond" title="Johnny Bond">Johnny Bond</a>, singer of the 1940s through 1960s, best known for his novelty songs about drunkenness (d. <a href="/wiki/1978_in_country_music" title="1978 in country music">1978</a>)</li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Paul" title="Les Paul">Les Paul</a>, one of the most important persons in the development of modern electric instruments (the <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">electric guitar</a>) and recording techniques (<a href="/wiki/Multitrack_recording" title="Multitrack recording">multitrack recording</a>), which came into extensive use in country music starting in the 1950s. (d. <a href="/wiki/2009_in_country_music" title="2009 in country music">2009</a>).</li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Speck_Rhodes" title="Speck Rhodes">Speck Rhodes</a>, comedian and musician best known for his work on <i><a href="/wiki/Porter_Wagoner" title="Porter Wagoner">The Porter Wagoner Show</a></i> (d. <a href="/wiki/2000_in_country_music" title="2000 in country music">2000</a>).</li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Owen_Bradley" title="Owen Bradley">Owen Bradley</a>, influential record producer of the 1940s through 1970s, primarily at <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">1998</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1916">1916</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: 1916"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Delmore_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Delmore Brothers">Rabon Delmore</a>, one half of the Delmore Brothers (d. <a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1917_2">1917</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: 1917"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 29 – Lloyd Perryman, member of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_Pioneers" title="Sons of the Pioneers">Sons of the Pioneers</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1977_in_country_music" title="1977 in country music">1977</a>).</li> <li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Cliffie_Stone" title="Cliffie Stone">Cliffie Stone</a>, record producer and publisher who was pivotal in the development of California’s thriving country music scene (d. <a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">1998</a>).</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Merle_Travis" title="Merle Travis">Merle Travis</a>, singer-songwriter of the 1940s (d. <a href="/wiki/1983_in_country_music" title="1983 in country music">1983</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1918">1918</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: 1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Rose" title="Wesley Rose">Wesley Rose</a>, music publisher and executive of <a href="/wiki/Acuff-Rose_Music" title="Acuff-Rose Music">Acuff-Rose Music</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1990_in_country_music" title="1990 in country music">1990</a>).</li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a>, the "Tennessee Plowboy"; a pioneer in crossover music, his recording career spanned from the 1940s through 1990s (d. <a href="/wiki/2008_in_country_music" title="2008 in country music">2008</a>).</li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Walker" title="Cindy Walker">Cindy Walker</a>, songwriter whose hits spanned the 1940s through 1980s (d. <a href="/wiki/2006_in_country_music" title="2006 in country music">2006</a>).</li> <li>October 16 – <a href="/wiki/Stoney_Cooper" title="Stoney Cooper">Stoney Cooper</a>, bluegrass and gospel singer who best known for his series of recordings with wife, <a href="/wiki/Wilma_Lee_Cooper" title="Wilma Lee Cooper">Wilma Lee</a> (as Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper), from the 1940s through early 1960s. (d. <a href="/wiki/1977_in_country_music" title="1977 in country music">1977</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1919_2">1919</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: 1919"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford" title="Tennessee Ernie Ford">Tennessee Ernie Ford</a>, singer and television star who enjoyed his greatest fame in the 1950s (d. <a href="/wiki/1991_in_country_music" title="1991 in country music">1991</a>).</li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a>, "The Queen of Country Music;" first major female country star, best known for "<a href="/wiki/It_Wasn%27t_God_Who_Made_Honky_Tonk_Angels" title="It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels">It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels</a>" (d. <a href="/wiki/2012_in_country_music" title="2012 in country music">2012</a>).</li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Curly_Seckler" title="Curly Seckler">Curly Seckler</a>, American bluegrass musician (<a href="/wiki/Foggy_Mountain_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Foggy Mountain Boys">Foggy Mountain Boys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Grass" title="Nashville Grass">Nashville Grass</a>). (d. <a href="/wiki/2017_in_country_music" title="2017 in country music">2017</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_country_music" title="1920 in country music">1920 in country music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_country_music" title="List of years in country music">List of years in country music</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prior_to_1920_in_country_music&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000153552/6449-Till_we_meet_again">"Edison matrix 6449. 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"Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89820-083-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-89820-083-0">0-89820-083-0</a>).</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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country music">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_country_music" title="1934 in country music">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_country_music" title="1935 in country music">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_country_music" title="1936 in country music">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_country_music" title="1937 in country music">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_country_music" title="1938 in country music">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_country_music" title="1939 in country music">1939</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_country_music" title="1940 in country music">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_country_music" title="1941 in country music">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_country_music" title="1942 in country music">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_country_music" title="1943 in country music">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_country_music" title="1944 in country music">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_country_music" title="1945 in country music">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_country_music" title="1946 in country music">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_country_music" title="1947 in country music">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_country_music" title="1948 in country music">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_country_music" title="1949 in country music">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_country_music" title="1950 in country music">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_country_music" title="1951 in country music">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_country_music" title="1953 in country music">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_country_music" title="1954 in country music">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_country_music" title="1955 in country music">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_country_music" title="1956 in country music">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_country_music" title="1957 in country music">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_country_music" title="1958 in country music">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_country_music" title="1959 in country music">1959</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_country_music" title="1960 in country music">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_country_music" title="1961 in country music">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_country_music" title="1962 in country music">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_country_music" title="1963 in country music">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_country_music" title="1964 in country music">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_country_music" title="1965 in country music">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_country_music" title="1966 in country music">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_country_music" title="1967 in country music">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_country_music" title="1968 in country music">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_country_music" title="1969 in country music">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_country_music" title="1970 in country music">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_country_music" title="1971 in country music">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_country_music" title="1972 in country music">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_country_music" title="1973 in country music">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_country_music" title="1974 in country music">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_country_music" title="1975 in country music">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_country_music" title="1976 in country music">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_country_music" title="1977 in country music">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_country_music" title="1978 in country music">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_country_music" title="1979 in country music">1979</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_country_music" title="1980 in country music">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_country_music" title="1981 in country music">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_country_music" title="1982 in country music">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_country_music" title="1983 in country music">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_country_music" title="1984 in country music">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_country_music" title="1985 in country music">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_country_music" title="1986 in country music">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_country_music" title="1987 in country music">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_country_music" title="1988 in country music">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_country_music" title="1989 in country music">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_country_music" title="1990 in country music">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_country_music" title="1991 in country music">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_country_music" title="1992 in country music">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_country_music" title="1993 in country music">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_country_music" title="1994 in country music">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_country_music" title="1995 in country music">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_country_music" title="1996 in country music">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_country_music" title="1997 in country music">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_country_music" title="1999 in country music">1999</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_country_music" title="2000 in country music">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_country_music" title="2001 in country music">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_country_music" 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