Events
- June 30 — A.C. "Eck" Robertson became the first fiddler and country musician on record when he recorded eight tracks for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York City.
- September 9 — First radio broadcast of Fiddlin' John Carson on WSB-Atlanta.
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