1922 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1922.

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.

No dates[]

Top hits of the year[]

Births[]

• July 26 – Jim Foglesong, Music Row executive who helped lay foundation for country music's boom period in the 1970s through early 1990s. (died 2013)
• December 20 — Geoff Mack, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2017)

Deaths[]

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See also[]

• 1922 in music
• List of years in country music

Further reading[]

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.