classic country

The first commercial recording of what can be considered country music was “Sallie Gooden” by fiddlist A.C. (Eck) Robertson in 1922 for Victor Records. Columbia Records began issuing records with “hillbilly” music (series 15000D “Old Familiar Tunes”) as early as 1924. A year earlier on June 14, 1923 Fiddlin’ John Carson recorded “Little Log Cabin in the Lane” for Okeh Records. More…

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