country music history timeline
Project On Country Music For School Please Help Me!!!!?
HI I have a project for school it’s a timeline about country music and I know nothing about country music so if somebody can help me by telling me some of the most important events in country music history or other stuff that is important I would really apreciate it.
THANKS!!!!!!!!
Arguably one of the biggest events in country music came when Ralph Peer came to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee and made some recordings of the Carter Family, Jimmy Rodgers, and the Stonemans. There’s a lot of information here:
www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org
You should include some information about WSM out of Nashville, the radio station which started carrying “The Grand Ol’ Opry” and helped popularize the music. The station started in 1925 and carried the forerunner of the “Grand Ol’ Opry”– “Barn Dance.” It’s the longest running radio program, btw, and had stars like Hank Williams, Sr., Patsy Cline, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn, etc. The Opry has been called “The Mother Church of Country Music.”
You should probably include something about “the Nashville Sound,” which was shaped in the 50s & 60s, and which introduced a big of Big Band sound to country.
Sun Records recorded early rock stars in the 1950s, many of whom had country roots: Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash. Bluegrass became popular. Bill Monroe, the “Father of Bluegrass” created the sound, which was quickly imitated by the Stanley Brothers, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, and others.
The “Bakersfield Sound” of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard was 60s sound. The CBS show “Hee Haw” featured a lot of country stars, but also made heavy use of a stereotypical country image that many felt harmed the music.
The Outlaw movement was 70s & 80s, with the rise of Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson. “Urban Cowboy” repopularized some of the music in 1980.
The rise of “hat acts” in the 90s lingers to today: Dwight Yokum, Clint Black, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Alan Jackson. Country bands also became popular; from the Statler Brothers to Alabama to today’s Lonestar, Diamond Rio and Rascal Flats. Bluegrass and country’s roots made a comeback, with the Dixie Chicks, Alison Kraus and Union Station, and Nickel Creek. The movie “O Brother” introduced a lot of people to old time music and caused a national resurgence for Ralph Stanley, among others.
THis is just a broad, quick overview; check wikipedia and look under these names at the Country Music Hall of Fame site to get more information.
Good luck with your report!
Taylor Swift at Academy of Country Music Awards, May 30, 2008on 4-H Honors
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