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1 - The prehistoric 20th century
The first steps that will eventually be added to the mix of rhythm'n'blues + Country = rock'n'roll and create the wide and varied music spectrum we have today.
1892-TAMPON ALLEY
1892 - Tin Pan Alley: The big bang
1910-JOHN LORAX
1910 - John Lomax Published "Cowboy songs and other frontier ballads"
1912-HEART WAND
1912 - Hart Wand published the first proto-blues "Dallas blues".
1914-JEROME KORN
1914 - Jerome Kern invents the "musical".
1916-CECIL SHARPIE
1916 - Cecil Sharp published Appalachian mountains folk music.
1922-HECK ROBERTSON
1922 - Eck Robertson cuts the first record of old time tune.
1923-FIDDLER JOHN CARCASS
1923 - Fiddlin' John Carson, the birth of recorded country music.
1924-RILEY BUCKET
1924 - Riley Puckett brings 'yodeling' to country music.
1925-CARL PLAGUE
1925 - Carl Sprague, the first singing cowboy.
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