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1928 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1928.

Events

  • "The first edition of Bradley Kincaid's 1928 songbook called My Favorite Mountain Ballads sold more than 100,000 copies;[1]

Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified.Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart Positions
1Jimmie Rodgers"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" / Away Out On the Mountain"Victor 21142US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #1, 2,000,000 sales
2Jimmie Rodgers"In the Jailhouse Now" / "Ben Dewberry’s Final Run"Victor 21245US BB 1928 #158, US #14 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #2, 1,000,000 sales
3Jimmie Rodgers"The Brakeman’s Blues"Victor 21291US BB 1928 #68, US #7 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #3, 1,000,000 sales
4Carter Family"Keep on the Sunny Side"Victor 21434US BB 1928 #88, US #9 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #4, 141,981 sales, Grammy Hall of Fame 2006
5Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett"Red River Valley"Columbia 15206US Hillbilly 1928 #5
6Jimmie Rodgers""Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel)" / "Never No Mo’ Blues"Victor 21531title=Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgersurl=http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/jimmie-rodgers-.aspxaccess-date=2022-04-09website=www.bluegrassmessengers.com}}
7Jimmie Rodgers"Blue Yodel No. II (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)"Victor 21291US Hillbilly 1928 #7, 1,000,000 sales
8Darby and Tarlton"Birmingham Jail"Columbia 15212Dauthor=Charles K. Wolfetitle=Classic Country: Legends of Country Musicurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFWSAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA90year=2002publisher=Routledgeisbn=978-1-135-95734-6page=90}}
9Bradley Kincaid"Barbara Allen"Silvertone 5186US Hillbilly 1928 #9
10Jimmie Rodgers"Treasures Untold" / "Mother Was A Lady (If Brother Jack Were Here)"Victor 21433US Hillbilly 1928 #10, 1,000,000 sales
11Vernon Dalhart"Halleluja! I'm a Bum"Columbia 1488US BB 1928 #58, US #6 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #11
12Jimmie Rodgers"Lullaby Yodel" / "Memphis Yodel"Victor 21636, US Hillbilly 1928 #12, 1,000,000 sales
13Jimmie Rodgers"My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans" / "Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea"Victor 21574US Hillbilly 1928 #13, 1,000,000 sales
14Georgia Yellow Hammers"The Picture On the Wall"Victor 20943US Hillbilly 1928 #14, 100,000 sales
15Carter Family"Little Darling Pal of Mine"Victor 21638US BB 1929 #166, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #15
16Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen"Casey Jones"Columbia 15237US BB 1928 #216, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #16
17Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison"A Memory That Time Cannot Erase"Victor 21094US BB 1928 #215, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #17
18Blind Lemon Jefferson"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"Paramount 12608US Hillbilly 1928 #18
19Darby and Tarlton"Columbus Stockade Blues"Columbia 15212US Hillbilly 1928 #19
20Jules Verne Allen"The Dying Cowboy"Victor 23834US Hillbilly 1928 #20

Births

  • March 31 – Lefty Frizzell, honky-tonk singer-songwriter (died 1975).
  • April 3 – Don Gibson, singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1950s through late 1970s (died 2003).
  • May 3 – Dave Dudley, singer best known for his truck-driving anthems ("Six Days on the Road") (died 2003).
  • August 10 – Jimmy Dean, singer-songwriter best known for "Big Bad John" and other 1960s ballads; television host and businessman/founder of eponymously named sausage company (died 2010).
  • December 17 – George Lindsey, comedian-actor who played Goober Pyle on television's The Andy Griffith Show and Hee Haw (died 2012).

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bradley Kincaid, Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall of Fame. Accessed 25 August 2007.

References

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel. (1986). "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954". Record Research.
  2. "Victor matrix BVE-40753. Blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  3. "Complete National Recording Registry Listing".
  4. "Victor matrix BVE-41740. In the jailhouse now / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  5. "Victor matrix BVE-41738. The brakeman's blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  6. "Victor matrix BVE-45022. Keep on the sunny side / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  7. "Columbia matrix W145091. Red River Valley / Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  8. "Victor matrix BVE-41743. Blue yodel no. 3 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  9. "Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers".
  10. "Victor matrix BVE-41741. Blue yodel no. II / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  11. "Columbia matrix W145202. Birmingham Jail / Darby & Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  12. Charles K. Wolfe. (2002). "Classic Country: Legends of Country Music". Routledge.
  13. "Silvertone 5000 series (from Gennett) 78rpm numerical listing discography".
  14. "Victor matrix BVE-41737. Treasures untold / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  15. "Columbia matrix W146821. Halleluja! I'm a bum / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  16. "Victor matrix BVE-45098. Lullaby yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  17. "Victor 21574 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  18. "Victor matrix BVE-39782. The picture on the wall / Georgia Yellow Hammers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  19. "Victor matrix BVE-45021. Little darling, pal of mine / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  20. "Columbia matrix W143785. Casey Jones / Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  21. "Victor matrix BVE-39693. A memory that time cannot erase / Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  22. "Blind Lemon Jefferson Discography".
  23. "Victor matrix BVE-50599. The dying cowboy / Jules Verne Allen - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
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