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((Short description|Overview of the events of 1900s in country music))
== Events ==

===1900===
* April 23 – The word ''hillbillie'' is printed for the first time in the ''New York Journal''.((Citation needed|date=December 2017))

===No dates===
* 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.
* "Rube" comedy and long country dialect tales, such as the "Uncle Josh" series of songs from [[Cal Stewart]], become popular in the first decade of the 1900s and first part of the 1910s.

== Notable recordings of the pre-1920s era==

===1917===
* "Till the Clouds Roll By" – [[Vernon Dalhart]]

===1919===
* "[[Till We Meet Again (1918 song)|Till We Meet Again]]" – [[Vernon Dalhart]] and [[Gladys Rice]]<ref>((Cite web |title=Edison matrix 6449. Till we meet again / Vernon Dalhart ; Gladys Rice - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000153552/6449-Till_we_meet_again |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu))</ref>

===1912===
* "[[Ragtime Cowboy Joe]]" – [[Bob Roberts (singer)|Bob Roberts]]<ref>((Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-11906. Ragtime cowboy Joe / Bob Roberts - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/1000003871/B-11906-Ragtime_cowboy_Joe |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu))</ref>

== Births ==

===1848===
*[[Uncle Jimmy Thompson]] – first person to appear on the [[Grand Ole Opry]] (d. [[1931 in country music|1931]]).

===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 in country music|1949]]).

===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 in country music|1952]]).

===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 in country music|1948]]).

===1885===
* June 6 – [[Gid Tanner]], old-time fiddler and leader of the [[Skillet Lickers]], which became one of the first major country music bands (d. [[1960 in country music|1960]]).

===1887===
* November 20 – [[Eck Robertson|A.C. "Eck" Robertson]], fiddle player whose "Sally Gooden" became the first recording in the country music genre (d. [[1975 in country music|1975]]).

===1889===
* October 19 – Arthur E. Satherley, pioneering music executive (d. [[1986 in country music|1986]]).

===1891===
* August 25 – [[Darby and Tarlton|Tom Darby]], singer, guitar player and partner of Jimmie Tarlton (as Darby and Tarlton) (d. [[1971 in country music|1971]]).
* December 15 – [[A. P. Carter]], member of the legendary and original "[[Carter Family]]" (d. [[1960 in country music|1960]]).

===1892===
* March 22 – [[Charlie Poole]], singer, banjo player and leader of the "North Carolina Ramblers" (d. [[1931 in country music|1931]]).
* April 6 – [[Henry Whitter]], singer and one of the first recorded country musicians (d. [[1941 in country music|1941]])
* May 8 – [[Darby and Tarlton|Jimmie Tarlton]], singer, steel guitar player and partner of [[Tom Darby]] (as Darby and Tarlton) (d. [[1979 in country music|1979]]).
* May 22 – [[Ralph Peer]], talent scout and pioneering recording executive and producer (d. [[1960 in country music|1960]]).

===1893===
* May 25 – [[Ernest Stoneman|Ernest "Pop" Stoneman]], singer, multi-instrumentalist and country musician (d. [[1968 in country music|1968]]).

===1894===
* May 7 – [[Riley Puckett]], singer, guitarist and member of the "[[Skillet Lickers]] (d. [[1946 in country music|1946]]).

===1895===
* January 5 – [[Elizabeth Cotten]], left-handed guitarist and folk musician (d. [[1987 in country music|1987]]).
* May 10 – [[Carl T. Sprague]], "The Original Singing Cowboy" (d. [[1979 in country music|1979]]).
* July 13 – [[Bradley Kincaid]], early country musician and folk singer (d. [[1989 in country music|1989]])
* September 29 – [[Clarence Ashley]], banjoist, guitarist and early country musician (d. [[1967 in country music|1967]]).
* November 9 – [[George D. Hay]], "The Solemn Old Judge", legendary announcer, first on [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] and later on [[WSM (AM)|WSM]] [[Grand Ole Opry]] (d. [[1968 in country music|1968]]).

===1896===
* August 23 – [[Wendell Hall]], "The Red Headed Music Maker", early country music singer (d. [[1969 in country music|1969]]).

===1897===
* March 20 – [[Frank Hutchison]], early country blues singer and slide guitar player. (d. [[1945 in country music|1945]]).
* September 8 – [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], "The Singing Brakeman", "America's Blue Yodeler", legendary country singer famous for his "[[Blue Yodel (list of Jimmie Rodgers songs)|Blue Yodels]]" (d. [[1933 in country music|1933]]).

===1898===
* February 7 – [[Dock Boggs]], old time country singer (d. [[1971 in country music|1971]]).
* July 20 – [[J. E. Mainer]], old time fiddle player of [[The Mountaineers (band)|The Mountaineers]] and brother to [[Wade Mainer]]. (d. [[1971 in country music|1971]]).
* July 21 – [[Sara Carter]], member of the legendary and original "[[Carter Family]]". (d. [[1979 in country music|1979]]).
* August 24 – [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]], songwriter (including "[[Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain]]") founder of [[Acuff-Rose Music]] publishing (d. [[1954 in country music|1954]]).

===1899===
* September 11 – [[Jimmie Davis]], pop- and gospel-styled singer of the 1930s and 1940s ("[[You Are My Sunshine]]"), who later served as governor of [[Louisiana]] (d. [[2000 in country music|2000]]).
* December 14 – [[DeFord Bailey]], [[harmonica]]ist and first [[African American]] performer on the [[Grand Ole Opry]] (d. [[1982 in country music|1982]]).

===1900===
* January 26 – [[Clayton McMichen]], pioneering fiddle player and member of the [[Skillet Lickers]] (d. [[1970 in country music|1970]]).
* April 15 – J.L. Frank, music executive (d. [[1952 in country music|1952]]).

===1901===
* May 12 – [[The Duke of Paducah]], comedian and star of the [[Grand Ole Opry]] (d. [[1986 in country music|1986]]).

===1902===
* December 24 – [[Don Law]], music executive (d. [[1982 in country music|1982]]).

===1903===
* September 15 – [[Roy Acuff]], pioneering singer-songwriter of the 1930s onward, founder of [[Acuff-Rose Music]] publishing, longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry (d. [[1992 in country music|1992]]).
* December 6 – Hugh Farr, member of the [[Sons of the Pioneers]] (d. [[1980 in country music|1980]]).

===1905===
* January 12 – [[Tex Ritter]], singing cowboy and actor, father of actor [[John Ritter]] (d. [[1974 in country music|1974]]). 
* March 6 – [[Bob Wills]], western swing pioneer, frontman of the [[Texas Playboys]] (d. [[1975 in country music|1975]]).

===1907===
* September 29 – [[Gene Autry]], singing cowboy and star of big-screen westerns; introduced Christmas standards including "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" (d. [[1998 in country music|1998]]).

===1908===
* April 1 – [[Bob Nolan]], member of the [[Sons of the Pioneers]] (d. [[1980 in country music|1980]]).
*June 4 - [[Texas Ruby]] (Ruby Agnes Owens), American pioneering country music female vocalist and musician (d. [[1963 in country music|1963]]).
* July 13 – Tim Spencer, member of the [[Sons of the Pioneers]] (d. [[1974 in country music|1974]]).
*October 20 - [[Stuart Hamblen]], one of radio's first [[Singing cowboy|singing cowboys]] in 1926 (d. [[1989 in country music|1989)]].
* October 30 – [[Patsy Montana]], early female solo star best known for "[[I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart]]" (d. [[1996 in country music|1996]]).
* November 10 – [[Paul Cohen (producer)|Paul Cohen]], record producer, primarily with [[Decca Records]] (d. [[1970 in country music|1970]])
* December 19 – [[Bill Carlisle]], singer-guitarist and comedian, longtime member of the [[Grand Ole Opry]] (d. [[2003 in country music|2003]]).
* December 25 – [[Delmore Brothers|Alton Delmore]], one half of the Delmore Brothers (d. [[1964 in country music|1964]]).

===1909===
* March 29 - [[Moon Mullican]] (nicknamed "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players"), American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist (d. [[1967 in country music|1967]]).
*April 17 - Tex Fletcher, Country singer and actor (d. [[1987 in country music|1987]]).
*April 29 – Karl Farr, member of the [[Sons of the Pioneers]] (d. [[1961 in country music|1961]]).
* May 09 - [[Don Messer]], Canadian Country musician, band leader, radio broadcaster (d. [[1973 in country music|1973]]).
*May 10 – [[Maybelle Carter|"Mother" Maybelle Carter]], member of the original Carter Family in the 1920s and 1930s, and reformed group from the 1940s onward (d. [[1978 in country music|1978]])
*November 8 - [[Lulu Belle and Scotty|Scotty]] (Scott Greene Wiseman), part of the duo [[Lulu Belle and Scotty|Lulu Belle und Scotty]] (d. [[1999 in country music|1999]]).

===1910===
* June 17 – [[Red Foley]], guitarist and songwriter, one of country music's top stars of the 1940s and 1950s (d. [[1968 in country music|1968]]).
* August 22 – [[Rod Brasfield]], comedian and star of the Grand Ole Opry (d. [[1958 in country music|1958]]).
*November 9 - [[Curly Fox]], old-time and country fiddler, singer and country musician. Part of the Comedy-Oldtime-Country-Duo "Curly Fox and Texas Ruby" (d. [[1995 in country music|1995]]).

===1911===
* January 19 – [[Ken Nelson (United States record producer)|Ken Nelson]], American record producer and music executive; associated with acts including [[Merle Haggard]], [[Buck Owens]] and [[Hank Thompson (music)|Hank Thompson]] (d. [[2008 in country music|2008]]).
* February 12 – [[Stephen H. Sholes]], record producer and executive with [[RCA Records]] (d. [[1968 in country music|1968]]).
* February 28 – Jim Denny, recording executive (d. [[1963 in country music|1963]]).
* September 13 – [[Bill Monroe]], influential bluegrass singer and musician (d. [[1996 in country music|1996]]).
* November 5 – [[Roy Rogers]], singing cowboy and actor who starred in many westerns; member of the [[Sons of the Pioneers]] (d. [[1998 in country music|1998]]).

===1912===
* May 17 – Grant Turner, announcer of the [[Grand Ole Opry]] (d. [[1991 in country music|1991]]).
* October 25 – [[Minnie Pearl]], comedian and star of the Grand Ole Opry and television's ''[[Hee Haw]]'' (d. [[1996 in country music|1996]]).
* December 8 – [[Jack Stapp]], influential country music manager (d. [[1980 in country music|1980]]).

===1913===
* October 20 – [[Grandpa Jones]], "old-time" country singer, banjo player and comedian, star of television's ''[[Hee Haw]]'' (d. [[1998 in country music|1998]]).

===1914===
* February 9 – [[Ernest Tubb]], the "Texas Troubadour", singer-songwriter and one of the pioneers of the [[Honky tonk#Music|honky tonk sound]] of country music (d. [[1984 in country music|1984]]).
* February 18 – [[Pee Wee King]], singer-songwriter, best known for writing "[[The Tennessee Waltz]]" (d. [[2000 in country music|2000]]).
* May 13 – [[Johnnie Wright]], singer-songwriter and husband of [[Kitty Wells]] (d. [[2011 in country music|2011]]).
* May 14 – [[Hank Snow]], Canadian-born honky-tonk and western singer (d. [[1999 in country music|1999]]).
* June 19 – [[Lester Flatt]], one half of the bluegrass duo [[Flatt and Scruggs]] (d. [[1979 in country music|1979]]).
* August 22 – [[Connie B. Gay]], music executive (d. [[1989 in country music|1989]]).
* November 5 – Roy Horton, music executive (d. [[2003 in country music|2003]]).
* December 8 – [[Floyd Tillman]], early honky-tonk singer of the 1940s (d. 2003).

===1915===
* June 1 – [[Johnny Bond]], singer of the 1940s through 1960s, best known for his novelty songs about drunkenness (d. [[1978 in country music|1978]])
* June 9 – [[Les Paul]], one of the most important persons in the development of modern electric instruments (the [[Gibson Les Paul|electric guitar]]) and recording techniques ([[multitrack recording]]), which came into extensive use in country music starting in the 1950s. (d. [[2009 in country music|2009]]).
* July 16 – [[Speck Rhodes]], comedian and musician best known for his work on ''[[Porter Wagoner|The Porter Wagoner Show]]'' (d. [[2000 in country music|2000]]).
* October 21 – [[Owen Bradley]], influential record producer of the 1940s through 1970s, primarily at [[Decca Records]] (d. [[1998 in country music|1998]]).

===1916===
* December 3 – [[Delmore Brothers|Rabon Delmore]], one half of the Delmore Brothers (d. [[1952 in country music|1952]]).

===1917===
* January 29 – Lloyd Perryman, member of the [[Sons of the Pioneers]] (d. [[1977 in country music|1977]]).
* March 1 – [[Cliffie Stone]], record producer and publisher who was pivotal in the development of California’s thriving country music scene (d. [[1998 in country music|1998]]).
* November 29 – [[Merle Travis]], singer-songwriter of the 1940s (d. [[1983 in country music|1983]]).

===1918===
* February 11 – [[Wesley Rose]], music publisher and executive of [[Acuff-Rose Music]] (d. [[1990 in country music|1990]]).
* May 15 – [[Eddy Arnold]], the "Tennessee Plowboy"; a pioneer in crossover music, his recording career spanned from the 1940s through 1990s (d. [[2008 in country music|2008]]).
* July 20 – [[Cindy Walker]], songwriter whose hits spanned the 1940s through 1980s (d. [[2006 in country music|2006]]).
* October 16 – [[Stoney Cooper]], bluegrass and gospel singer who best known for his series of recordings with wife, [[Wilma Lee Cooper|Wilma Lee]] (as Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper), from the 1940s through early 1960s. (d. [[1977 in country music|1977]])

===1919===
* February 13 – [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]], singer and television star who enjoyed his greatest fame in the 1950s (d. [[1991 in country music|1991]]).
* August 30 – [[Kitty Wells]], "The Queen of Country Music;" first major female country star, best known for "[[It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels]]" (d. [[2012 in country music|2012]]).
* December 25 – [[Curly Seckler]], American bluegrass musician ([[Foggy Mountain Boys]], [[Nashville Grass]]). (d. [[2017 in country music|2017]])

==See also==
* [[1920 in country music]]
* [[List of years in country music]]

==References==
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== 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))).


((List of years in country music))

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