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Learn MoreSo-called “hillbilly music” reaches new listeners and launches its first stars’ careers.
See how what was first called “hillbilly music” reaches new audiences through phonographs and radio, and launches the careers of country music’s first big stars, the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers.
AIR DATE 9/15/19
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