When is International Country Music Day?
Sunday September 17thOn September 17th, International Country Music Day encourages us to take out the banjo, the fiddle, and the steel guitar. Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, George Strait, and Tim McGraw performed some tunes.
Country music originated right here in America. Country music roots sprang in the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the early 1900s. Eck Robertson, a singer, made the first country record with Victor Records. However, Jimmie Rodgers was given the nickname of the "Father of Country Music" by Jimmie Rodgers. His album, "Blue Yodel #1," sold more than one million copies in 1927. Sadly, his life was cut short due to his death in 1933. Country music's flames fanned in the 1930s and 1940s, with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry appearing in cowboy films.
Nashville became the world crown's best-known country music capital by the 1950s and 1960s. Country music has migrated to the West Coast, where rock and roll have mingled with country music to produce rockabilly.
Fans fell in love with the heart-felt lyrics pouring out of country music albums over the years. However, not all country songs are about heartbreak and ache. Some of the best country songs include sex tractors, watermelon crawls, unanswered prayers, boot-scootin' boogies, acquaintances in low places, islands in the stream, and rhinestone cowboys. It's no wonder that so many people adore country music!
This segment of music truly adores its country. "God Bless the United States A," "Some Gave All," "Ragged Old Flag," and "Where Were We When the World Stopped Turning" are examples of music that have been released by other genres of music. "God Bless the United States A," "Some Gave All," "Some Gave All," "Some Gave All," "Some Gave All," "Some Gave All," "Some Gave All," "Some Gave All," "Some Ganet
