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Jimmie Rodgers - Years Ago (The last recording of Jimmie Rodgers)
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Jimmie Rodgers: On this day in country music history

May 26, 2011, 9:39am

Jimmie Rodgers - Years Ago (The last recording of Jimmie Rodgers)

Nicknamed the Singing Brakeman for his work on the railroad, on this day in 1933 the man also known as the Father of Country Music died at the age of 35 of a massive tuberculosis-related hemorr

May 1933, Rodgers, suffering from Tuberculosis, traveled to New York City for a group of sessions beginning May 17, 1933. He started these sessions recording alone and completed four songs on the first day. When he returned to the studio after a day's res

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