Prior to 1920 in country music

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See also: 1920 in country music and the List of years in country music

Contents 1 Events 2 Notable recordings of the pre-1920s era 2.1 1917 2.2 1919 3 Births 3.1 1868 3.2 1870 3.3 1883 3.4 1888 3.5 1915 4 Deaths 5 Further reading

[edit] Events

[edit] Notable recordings of the pre-1920s era

[edit] 1917

• "Till the Clouds Roll By" - Vernon Dalhart

[edit] 1919

• "Till We Meet Again" - Vernon Dalhart and Gladys Rice

[edit] Births

[edit] 1868

• March 23 – Fiddlin' John Carson, one of radio's first country music stars, recorded "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane." (d. 1949)

[edit] 1870

• October 7 – Uncle Dave Macon, "The Dixie Dewdrop" and country music pioneer who combined banjo playing, singing and comic talents to be one of the Grand Ole Opry's first stars (d. 1952)

[edit] 1883

• April 6 – Vernon Dalhart, early 1900s singer whose "The Prisoner's Song" became country music's first million-selling single in 1925. (d. 1948

[edit] 1888

• November 20 – A.C. "Eck" Robertson, fiddle player whose "Sallie Gooden" became one of the first recordings in the country music genre. (d. 1975)

[edit] 1915

• June 9 – Les Paul, one of the most important persons in the development of modern electric instruments (the electric guitar) and recording techniques (multitrack recording), which came into extensive use in country music starting in the 1950s.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).