1928 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1928. 1928 1928 country music 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,Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 Record Research 1986 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. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions 1 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)"Victor matrix BVE-40753. Blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014984/BVE-40753-Blue_yodel 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.eduComplete National Recording Registry Listing https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/ 2022-04-18 Library of Congress / Away Out On the Mountain" Victor 21142 1927 11 30 1928 5 US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #1, 2,000,000 sales 2 Jimmie Rodgers "In the Jailhouse Now"Victor matrix BVE-41740. In the jailhouse now / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015974/BVE-41740-In_the_jailhouse_now 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu / "Ben Dewberry’s Final Run" Victor 21245 1928 2 15 1928 7 US BB 1928 #158, US #14 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #2, 1,000,000 sales 3 Jimmie Rodgers "The Brakeman’s Blues"Victor matrix BVE-41738. The brakeman's blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015972/BVE-41738-The_brakemans_blues 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21291 1928 2 14 1928 6 US BB 1928 #68, US #7 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #3, 1,000,000 sales 4 Carter Family "Keep on the Sunny Side"Victor matrix BVE-45022. Keep on the sunny side / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019146/BVE-45022-Keep_on_the_sunny_side 2022-01-08 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21434 1928 5 9 1928 7 20 US BB 1928 #88, US #9 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #4, 141,981 sales, Grammy Hall of Fame 2006 5 Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett "Red River Valley"Columbia matrix W145091. Red River Valley / Hugh Cross; Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000034806/W145091-Red_River_Valley 2022-04-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15206 1927 11 3 1928 1 US Hillbilly 1928 #5 6 Jimmie Rodgers ""Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel)"Victor matrix BVE-41743. Blue yodel no. 3 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015977/BVE-41743-Blue_yodel_no._3 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu / "Never No Mo’ Blues" Victor 21531 1928 2 15 1928 10 US BB 1928 #108, US #10 for 1 weeks, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #6, 1,000,000 salesBluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/jimmie-rodgers-.aspx 2022-04-09 www.bluegrassmessengers.com 7 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. II (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)"Victor matrix BVE-41741. Blue yodel no. II / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015975/BVE-41741-Blue_yodel_no._II 2022-04-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21291 1928 2 15 1928 6 US Hillbilly 1928 #7, 1,000,000 sales 8 Darby and Tarlton "Birmingham Jail"Columbia matrix W145202. Birmingham Jail / Darby & Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000034917/W145202-Birmingham_Jail 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15212D 1927 11 10 1928 3 US Hillbilly 1928 #8, 200,000 salesCharles K. Wolfe Classic Country: Legends of Country Music https://books.google.com/books?id=tFWSAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 2002 Routledge 978-1-135-95734-6 90 9 Bradley Kincaid "Barbara Allen"Silvertone 5000 series (from Gennett) 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/SIL5000g.htm 2022-03-11 www.78discography.com Silvertone 5186 1928 2 27 1928 4 5 US Hillbilly 1928 #9 10 Jimmie Rodgers "Treasures Untold"Victor matrix BVE-41737. Treasures untold / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015971/BVE-41737-Treasures_untold 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu / "Mother Was A Lady (If Brother Jack Were Here)" Victor 21433 1928 2 14 1928 8 3 US Hillbilly 1928 #10, 1,000,000 sales 11 Vernon Dalhart "Halleluja! I'm a Bum"Columbia matrix W146821. Halleluja! I'm a bum / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000036484/W146821-Halleluja_Im_a_bum 2022-04-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 1488 1928 7 30 1928 11 US BB 1928 #58, US #6 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #11 12 Jimmie Rodgers "Lullaby Yodel"Victor matrix BVE-45098. Lullaby yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019222/BVE-45098-Lullaby_yodel 2022-04-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu / "Memphis Yodel" Victor 21636 1928 6 12 1928 12 US Hillbilly 1928 #12, 1,000,000 sales 13 Jimmie Rodgers "My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans" / "Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea"Victor 21574 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19120/Victor_21574 2022-04-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21574 1928 6 12 1928 11 US Hillbilly 1928 #13, 1,000,000 sales 14 Georgia Yellow Hammers "The Picture On the Wall"Victor matrix BVE-39782. The picture on the wall / Georgia Yellow Hammers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014037/BVE-39782-The_picture_on_the_wall 2022-04-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20943 1927 8 9 1928 1 US Hillbilly 1928 #14, 100,000 sales 15 Carter Family "Little Darling Pal of Mine"Victor matrix BVE-45021. Little darling, pal of mine / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019145/BVE-45021-Little_darling_pal_of_mine 2022-04-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21638 1928 5 9 1928 12 US BB 1929 #166, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #15 16 Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen "Casey Jones"Columbia matrix W143785. Casey Jones / Clayton McMichen; Riley Puckett; Skillet Lickers; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033505/W143785-Casey_Jones 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15237 1927 3 28 1928 4 US BB 1928 #216, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #16 17 Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison "A Memory That Time Cannot Erase"Victor matrix BVE-39693. A memory that time cannot erase / Vernon Dalhart; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013948/BVE-39693-A_memory_that_time_cannot_erase 2022-04-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21094 1927 7 21 1928 3 US BB 1928 #215, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #17 18 Blind Lemon Jefferson "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"https://www.wirz.de/music/jefferso.htm Blind Lemon Jefferson Discography Wirz.de August 4, 2021 Paramount 12608 1928 2 26 1928 5 4 US Hillbilly 1928 #18 19 Darby and Tarlton "Columbus Stockade Blues" Columbia 15212 1927 11 10 1928 3 US Hillbilly 1928 #19 20 Jules Verne Allen "The Dying Cowboy"Victor matrix BVE-50599. The dying cowboy / Jules Verne Allen - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023810/BVE-50599-The_dying_cowboy 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23834 1928 4 21 1928 5 4 US 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). Further reading Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (0-8118-3572-3) Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (0-06-273244-7) Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. Notes 1. ^ a b c d e f Bradley Kincaid, Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall of Fame. Accessed 25 August 2007. References Country Category:Country music by year