THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Country music originated in the Appalachian Mts, and it was first recorded in Bristol, Tennessee.
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Country music originated in the deserts of the American West.
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Country music originated in Canada and was imported to America by Canadian fur trappers.
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Country music was from Texas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The right answer is Bristol, Tennessee. Bristol is on the Tennessee and Virginia border, where Appalachian mountain folk music has been popular for generations. Many of the fiddle tunes and song styles came over from the British Isles in the 1700s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Country music originated in the early twentieth century among working-class Americans living in the south, especially in the Appalachian Mountains. Generations of musicians had blended English ballads with Celtic and Irish fiddle songs, adding influences from various European immigrants who settled nearby.
Detailed explanation-3: -Uncle Dave Macon, credited with being the Opryís initial star, began appearing during the first year. August 1927. The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers cut their first records for Ralph Peer of Victor, in Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia. These sessions mark the beginning of commercial country music.
Detailed explanation-4: -1922. The Victor and Okeh recording companies begin recording the first country music artists. Fiddler Eck Robertson records “Arkansas Traveler” and “Sallie Gooden” for Victor Records, becoming the first pure country music artist to make a recording.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.