On This Day, Feb. 19: Thomas Edison patents gramophone

On Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone.
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Born on This Day in 1917, the Man With a Million Friends Who Founded the Most Famous Quartet in Country and Was Known as “Mr. Gospel Music”

John Wallace "Wally" Fowler, original founder of iconic country-gospel quartet The Oak Ridge Boys, was born on Feb. 15, 1917, ...
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On This Day in 1950, This Red Foley Song Became Country Music’s First-Ever Crossover Pop Hit and Was Later Covered by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

Red Foley, one of country music's earliest stars, scored perhaps the first-ever crossover hit with "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy." ...