Big Bang of Country Music

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The "Big Bang of Country Music" refers to the 1927 Bristol Sessions, a landmark series of recordings in Bristol, Tennessee–Virginia that launched the commercial careers of key artists like the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers and is often considered the birth of modern country music.

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instanceOf historical event
music history milestone
alsoKnownAs 1927 Bristol Sessions NERFINISHED
Bristol Sessions NERFINISHED
chronologicalContext pre-Nashville era of country music
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs Big Bang of Country Music NERFINISHED
featuresArtist Alfred G. Karnes NERFINISHED
B.F. Shelton NERFINISHED
Blind Alfred Reed NERFINISHED
Carter Family NERFINISHED
El Watson NERFINISHED
Ernest Stoneman NERFINISHED
Georgia Warren NERFINISHED
Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED
The Johnson Brothers NERFINISHED
The Shelor Family NERFINISHED
The Stoneman Family NERFINISHED
The Tenneva Ramblers NERFINISHED
followedBy expansion of country music recording in the late 1920s and 1930s
hasEndTime 1927-08-05
hasGenre country music
hillbilly music
hasLocation Bristol, Tennessee NERFINISHED
Bristol, Tennessee–Virginia NERFINISHED
Bristol, Virginia NERFINISHED
hasMainSubject Appalachian music traditions
early country music
hasPart recording sessions
hasStartTime 1927-07-25
heritageRecognition commemorated by Birthplace of Country Music Museum
recognized by U.S. Congress as significant to country music history
impactOnArtist boosted careers of multiple Appalachian musicians
launched the commercial career of Jimmie Rodgers
launched the commercial career of the Carter Family
influenced Nashville country music industry
commercialization of rural Southern music
development of country music recording practices
numberOfRecordings over 70
numberOfSongs over 70 sides
organizedBy Ralph Peer NERFINISHED
precededBy early regional hillbilly recordings of the 1920s
recordingFormat 78 rpm disc
recordingTechnology electrical recording
recordLabel Victor Talking Machine Company NERFINISHED
refersTo 1927 Bristol Sessions NERFINISHED
significance considered the birth of modern country music
landmark in American popular music
launched commercial country music recording industry

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1927 Bristol Sessions alsoKnownAs Big Bang of Country Music