Country Music

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Title of the text : Country Music

Author/s: Sean Dooley

Title of the journal/publication:“The History of Country Music”

URL/Web Address: https://www.liveabout.com/the-history-of-country-music-934030

Main Idea:

Country Music is a form of popular music originating in the rural southern U.S.

Jimmie Rodgers was the first person inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and today he  was known as the “Father of Country Music.”

Evidence/s that support/s the main idea:

“The origins of country music can be found in recordings Southern Appalachian fiddle players made in the late 1910s. It wasn’t until the early ‘20s, however, that country music as a viable recorded genre took hold. The first commercial country record was made by Eck Robertson in 1922 on the Victor Records label. Vernon Dalhart had the first national country hit in 1924 with “Wreck of the Old ’97.” But most historians point to 1927, the year Victor Records signed Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family, as the true moment country music was born”

“Jimmie Rodgers, known as the "Father of Country Music," was an instant national success. He is credited with the first million-selling single, “Blue Yodel #1,” and his catalog of songs, all recorded between 1927 and 1933, established him as the first preeminent voice in country music. Rodgers died from complications of tuberculosis in 1933. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961.”