Ernest Stoneman
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Ernest Van Stoneman, born May 25, 1893, in Monarat, Carroll County, Virginia, was an American country artist. Raised by his father and musically inclined cousins after losing his mother at age three, Stoneman became proficient in various instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, and banjo. In 1925, he recorded "Sinking of the Titanic" for Okeh Records, which became one of the biggest hits of the 1920s, estimated to have sold over 2 million copies. Between 1925 and 1929, Stoneman recorded over 200 songs with various labels and died on June 14, 1968. Posthumously, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008 and enshrined in the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in 2009. The retrospective collection Ernest Stoneman: The Unsung Father of Country Music 1925â1934 was released in 2008 and earned a 2009 Grammy nomination for Best Album Notes.
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