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1929 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1929.

Events

  • December – Release in the United States of short film The Singing Brakeman starring country singer Jimmie Rodgers.

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
1Carter Family"Wildwood Flower"Victor 40000National Recording Registry 2006]]
2Jimmie Rodgers"Waiting For A Train"Victor 40014US BB 1929 #168, US #14 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #2, 1,000,000 sales
3Jimmie Rodgers"My Carolina Sunshine Girl"Victor 40096title=Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgersurl=http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/jimmie-rodgers-.aspxaccess-date=2022-04-09website=www.bluegrassmessengers.com}}
4Carter Family"I'm Thinking To-night Of My Blue Eyes"Victor 40089US BB 1929 #116, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #4
5Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers"If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul"Victor 40010US Hillbilly 1929 #5, 11,376 sales
6Jimmie Rodgers"My Old Pal" / "Daddy and Home"Victor 21757US Hillbilly 1929 #6, 1,000,000 sales
7Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman"Corrine, Corrina"Brunswick 7080US Hillbilly 1929 #7
8Al Craver (aka Vernon Dalhart)"Farm Relief Song"Columbia 15449-DUS BB 1929 #77, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #8
9Jimmie Rodgers"You and My Old Guitar" / "My Little Lady"Victor 40072US Hillbilly 1929 #9, 1,000,000 sales
10Jimmie Rodgers"Frankie and Johnnie" / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii"Victor 22143US Hillbilly 1929 #10
11Blind Willie McTell"Statesboro Blues"Victor 38001US Hillbilly 1929 #11, National Recording Registry 2015
12Jimmie Rodgerstitle=Victor V-40054 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordingsurl=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/32538/Victor_V-40054access-date=2022-03-27website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}Victor 40054US Hillbilly 1929 #12, 236,231 sales
13Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton"Slow Wicked Blues"Columbia 15419US Hillbilly 1929 #13
14Carolina Tar Heels"Peg And Awl"Victor 40010US Hillbilly 1929 #14
15Jimmie Rodgers"Blue Yodel No. 5 (It’s Raining Here)" / "I’m Sorry We Met"Victor 22072US Hillbilly 1929 #15
16Carter Family"Lulu Wall"Victor 40126US Hillbilly 1929 #16
17Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison"The Utah Trail"Brunswick 4296US BB 1929 #229, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #17
18Eck Robertson"There's a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere"Victor 40145US Hillbilly 1929 #18
19Clarence Pinetop Smith"Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"Vocalion 1245US Hillbilly 1929 #19
20Nelstone's HawaiiansJust BecauseVictor 40273US Hillbilly 1929 #20

Births

  • January 17 – Grady Martin, session guitarist and member of Nashville's "A Team" (died 2001)
  • March 13 – Jan Howard, Grand Ole Opry star. Best known for "Evil on Your Mind" (died 2020).
  • March 27 – Don Warden, best known for his years on The Porter Wagoner Show and as the manager of Wagoner and Dolly Parton (died 2017).
  • May 1 – Sonny James, singer of the 1950s through early 1980s who once had 16 consecutive No. 1 songs—many of them covers of pop hits—on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart; "The Southern Gentleman". (died 2016)
  • June 23 – June Carter Cash, member of the legendary Carter Family and wife of Johnny Cash (died 2003)
  • July 9 – Jesse McReynolds, Grand Ole Opry star.
  • August 12 – Buck Owens, key innovator of the "Bakersfield Sound," which resulted in immense popularity from the 1960s onward; co-host of Hee Haw from 1969–1986. (died 2006)

Deaths

Erich Wichman Nicolas Nikolayevitch Henry Arthur Jones Heiner Muller Julio Antonio Mella H. B. Higgins Cornelis W Lely Liang Qichao

References

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel. (1986). "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954". Record Research.
  2. "Victor matrix BVE-45029. Wildwood flower / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  3. "Complete National Recording Registry Listing".
  4. "Victor matrix BVE-47223. Waiting for a train / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  5. "Victor matrix BVE-47215. My Carolina sunshine girl / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  6. "Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers".
  7. "Victor matrix BVE-49859. I'm thinking to-night of my Blue Eyes / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  8. "Victor matrix BVE-47237. If the light has gone out in your soul / Holiness Singers ; Ernest Phipps - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  9. "Victor V-40010 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  10. "Victor matrix BVE-45090. My old pal / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  11. "Brunswick matrix NOR761. Corrine Corrina / Bo Carter ; Chas. McCoy - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  12. "BRUNSWICK Records - 7000 "Race" series 78rpm numerical discography".
  13. "Columbia matrix W148913. Farm relief song / Al Craver - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  14. "Victor matrix BVE-45094. You and my old guitar / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  15. "Victor 22143 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  16. "Victor matrix BVE-47187. Statesboro blues / Blind Willie McTell - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  17. "Victor V-40054 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  18. "Columbia matrix W148296. Slow wicked blues / Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  19. "Victor matrix BVE-47165. Peg and awl / Carolina Tar Heels - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  20. "Victor 22072 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). (Album WPT-22) - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  21. "Victor matrix BVE-49865. The foggy mountain top / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  22. "Brunswick matrix E29474. The Utah Trail / Frank Luther ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  23. "Victor matrix BVE-55347. There's a brown skin girl down the road somewhere / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
  24. "Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 1000 - 1499 race series".
  25. "Victor matrix BVE-56637. Just because / Nelstone's Hawaiians - Discography of American Historical Recordings".
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