A history of folk and world music
Harry Smith issues his famous Anthology
1952: Number 13 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music
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Cecil Sharp and the Morris Men
Okeh Records releases the first blues record
Haile Selassie witnesses an Armenian marching band
Jimmie Rodgers and the Carters
Robert Johnson sells his soul to the devil
The Lomaxes head out on their first mission
Gene Autry becomes cinema's first singing cowboy
Topic releases its first record
The ascent of Umm Kulthum
Lord Kitchener steps off the Empire Windrush
Perez Prado goes to Hollywood
Lonnie Donegan brings the skiffle craze
Pete Seeger refuses to testify
The BBC broadcasts the ballad of John Axon
Miriam Makeba stars in Come Back Africa
Bob Dylan visits Woody Guthrie
Franco emerges as the leader of OK Jazz
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