1930s in country music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the decade 2.1 1930 2.2 1931 2.3 1932 2.4 1933 2.5 1934 2.6 1935 2.7 1936 2.8 1937 2.9 1938 2.10 1939 3 Births 3.1 1931 3.2 1932 3.3 1933 3.4 1936 3.5 1937 3.6 1938 4 Deaths 4.1 1933 4.2 1935 5 See also 6 Further reading

[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the decade

[edit] 1930

• "Anniversary Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7)" - Jimmie Rodgers
• "Barbara Allen" - Bradley Kincaid
• "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Muleskinner's Blues)" - Jimmie Rodgers

[edit] 1931

• "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver" - Frank Luther and Carson Robison (as "Bud & Joe Billings)

[edit] 1932

• "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" - Jimmie Rodgers

[edit] 1933

• "The Last Round-Up" - Gene Autry

[edit] 1934

• "Down Yonder" - Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers
• "My Mary" - W. Lee O'Daniel and His Light Crust Doughboys with Leon Huff
• "Ragged But Right" - Riley Puckett
• "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Sons of the Pioneers

[edit] 1935

• "Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)" - Carter Family
• "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" - Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers
• "Just Because" - Shelton Brothers
• "Ole Faithful" - Gene Autry
• "St. Louis Blues" - Milton Brown and His Brownies
• "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" - Gene Autry and Jimmy Long¹
• "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Gene Autry
• "Under the Double Eagle" - Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers

¹ Originally recorded in 1931, but did not become a national hit until 1935.

[edit] 1936

• "Great Speckled Bird" - Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
• "Steel Guitar Rag" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

[edit] 1937

• "Brezin' Along With the Breeze" - Hoosier Hot Shots
• "Nobody's Darling But Mine" - Jimmie Davis

[edit] 1938

• "Hi-Yo, Silver" - Roy Rogers
• "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland" - Jimmie Davis
• "Red Hot Fannie" - Hoosier Hot Shots
• "Wabash Cannon Ball" - Roy Acuff

[edit] 1939

• "Annabelle" - Hoosier Hot Shots
• "San Antonio Rose" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" - Gene Autry
• "Back In The Saddle Again"-Gene Autry
• "Truck Driver Blues"-Ted Daffan–

[edit] Births

[edit] 1931

• September 12 – George Jones, "The Possum," one of the genre's all-time greatest vocalists.
• December 30 - Skeeter Davis, the top vocalist in country music during the 60s, best known for the hit songe "The End of the World (song)".

[edit] 1932

• February 26 - Johnny Cash, vastly influential in all genres of American popular music, most notably country (d. 2003).
• September 8 - Patsy Cline, one of the most influential singers in American popular music, first Country singer to crossover to the Pop charts (d. 1963)

[edit] 1933

• April 30 — Willie Nelson, songwriter and key member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement.

[edit] 1936

• April 22 – Glen Campbell, pop-country singer and guitarist, host of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.

[edit] 1937

• April 6 - Merle Haggard, innovator of the Bakersfield Sound and a huge country star since the 1960s.
• June 15 - Waylon Jennings, influential rock-styled country performer and originator of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (d. 2002).

[edit] 1938

• August 21 – Kenny Rogers, pop-styled country crooner who has enjoyed hits since the late 1960s.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] 1933

• May 26 – Jimmie Rodgers, 35, "The Singing Brakeman" who became country music's first bonafide superstar (tuberculosis).

[edit] 1935

• August 15 - Will Rogers, 55, beloved humorist who had appeal with country and popular music audiences alike (plane crash).

[edit] See also

• Western music (North America)

[edit] 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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).