1932 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.

List of years in country music (table)

Events[]

Top hits of the year[]

Single Artist
"Lightnin' Bug Blues" The Allen Brothers
"Roll Along, Kentucky Moon"[1] Jimmie Rodgers
"Sweet As The Flowers In May Time"[2] Carter Family
"Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)"[3] Jimmie Rodgers
"Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet"[4] Renfro Valley Boys
"Sunbonnet Sue"[5] Light Crust Doughboys
"That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine"[6] Gene Autry and Jimmy Long
"Ginseng Blues"[7] Kentucky Ramblers
"Motherless Children"[8] Carter Family
"She Was Happy Till She Met You"[9] Jimmie Rodgers
"Nancy Jane"[10] Light Crust Doughboys
"Miss McLeod's Reel"[11] Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen
"My Renfro Valley Home"[12] Renfro Valley Boys
"My Mary"[13] Stuart Hamblen
"Tom Cat Blues" Bob Clifford (Cliff Carlisle)
"Twenty-One Years"[14] Renfro Valley Boys
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey
"Let Me Be Your Slide Track"[15] Jimmie Rodgers

Births[]

  • January 31 – Rick Hall, songwriter and producer (died 2018).
  • February 3 – Bill Mack, country music radio personality best known for hosting Country Crossroads, and songwriter ("Blue" and "Drinking Champagne").(died 2020)
  • February 25 – Faron Young, honky tonk singer whose popularity spanned the 1950s through mid-1970s (died 1996).
  • February 26 – Johnny Cash, vastly influential in all genres of American popular music, most notably country (died 2003).
  • April 14 – Loretta Lynn, leading country singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • August 8 – Mel Tillis, singer-songwriter who overcame a speech impediment to become one of the genre's biggest stars of the 1950s through 1980s (died 2017).
  • September 8 – Patsy Cline, one of the most influential singers in American popular music, first female country singer to cross over to the pop charts (died 1963).
  • October 11 – Dottie West, female vocalist who successfully transferred from the Nashville Sound (of the 1960s) to more straight-ahead pop country during the late 1970s and early 1980s (died 1991).
  • November 6 – Paul English, drummer for Willie Nelson (died 2020).[16]
  • November 13 – Buddy Killen, record producer and music publishing owner (died 2006).

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-70645. Roll along Kentucky moon / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  2. ^ "Victor matrix BS-59017. Sweet as the flowers in May time / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  3. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-70650. Blue yodel no. 10 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  4. ^ "Paramount 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  5. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-70670. Sunbonnet Sue / Light Crust Doughboys - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  6. ^ "BANNER (ARC) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 32000 - 32500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  7. ^ "BROADWAY 8000 series 78rpm numerical listing Discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  8. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-56568. Motherless children / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  9. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-56608. She was happy till she met you / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  10. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-70671. Nancy Jane / Light Crust Doughboys - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  11. ^ "Columbia matrix W151916. Miss McLeod's reel / Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  12. ^ "Paramount 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  13. ^ "Victor matrix PBVE-68337. My Mary / Stuart Hamblen ; Ted Dahl Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  14. ^ "Paramount 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  15. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-69424. Let me be your side track / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  16. ^ Paul English, longtime Willie Nelson drummer, dies

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.
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