1929 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1929. 1929 1929 country music 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,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 Carter Family "Wildwood Flower"Victor matrix BVE-45029. Wildwood flower / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019153/BVE-45029-Wildwood_flower 2022-04-18 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 Victor 40000 1928 5 10 1929 1 10 US BB 1928 #23, US Hillbilly 1929 #1, US #3 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales, National Recording Registry 2006 2 Jimmie Rodgers "Waiting For A Train"Victor matrix BVE-47223. Waiting for a train / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021152/BVE-47223-Waiting_for_a_train 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40014 1928 10 22 1929 2 8 US BB 1929 #168, US #14 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #2, 1,000,000 sales 3 Jimmie Rodgers "My Carolina Sunshine Girl"Victor matrix BVE-47215. My Carolina sunshine girl / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021144/BVE-47215-My_Carolina_sunshine_girl 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40096 1928 10 20 1929 8 22 US Hillbilly 1929 #3, 1,000,000 salesBluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/jimmie-rodgers-.aspx 2022-04-09 www.bluegrassmessengers.com 4 Carter Family "I'm Thinking To-night Of My Blue Eyes"Victor matrix BVE-49859. I'm thinking to-night of my Blue Eyes / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023642/BVE-49859-Im_thinking_to-night_of_my_Blue_Eyes 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40089 1929 2 14 1929 6 11 US BB 1929 #116, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #4 5 Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers "If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul"Victor matrix BVE-47237. If the light has gone out in your soul / Holiness Singers; Ernest Phipps - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021166/BVE-47237-If_the_light_has_gone_out_in_your_soul 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40010 1928 10 29 1929 3 22 US Hillbilly 1929 #5, 11,376 salesVictor V-40010 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/32491/Victor_V-40010 2022-03-27 adp.library.ucsb.edu 6 Jimmie Rodgers "My Old Pal" / "Daddy and Home"Victor matrix BVE-45090. My old pal / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019214/BVE-45090-My_old_pal 2022-04-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21757 1928 6 12 1929 1 US Hillbilly 1929 #6, 1,000,000 sales 7 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman "Corrine, Corrina"Brunswick matrix NOR761. Corrine Corrina / Bo Carter; Chas. McCoy - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000246006/NOR761-Corrine_Corrina 2022-04-09 adp.library.ucsb.eduBRUNSWICK Records - 7000 "Race" series 78rpm numerical discography https://www.78discography.com/BRN7000.htm 2022-04-09 www.78discography.com Brunswick 7080 1928 11 1929 8 US Hillbilly 1929 #7 8 Al Craver (aka Vernon Dalhart) "Farm Relief Song"Columbia matrix W148913. Farm relief song / Al Craver - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000038471/W148913-Farm_relief_song 2022-04-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15449-D 1929 8 22 1929 10 US BB 1929 #77, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #8 9 Jimmie Rodgers "You and My Old Guitar" / "My Little Lady"Victor matrix BVE-45094. You and my old guitar / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019218/BVE-45094-You_and_my_old_guitar 2022-04-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40072 1928 6 12 1929 6 7 US Hillbilly 1929 #9, 1,000,000 sales 10 Jimmie Rodgers "Frankie and Johnnie" / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii"Victor 22143 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19717/Victor_22143 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 22143 1929 8 10 1929 11 22 US Hillbilly 1929 #10 11 Blind Willie McTell "Statesboro Blues"Victor matrix BVE-47187. Statesboro blues / Blind Willie McTell - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021116/BVE-47187-Statesboro_blues 2022-03-27 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 38001 1928 10 17 1929 1 4 US Hillbilly 1929 #11, National Recording Registry 2015 12 Jimmie Rodgers "I’m Lonely and Blue" / "The Sailor’s Plea"Victor V-40054 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/32538/Victor_V-40054 2022-03-27 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40054 1928 2 14 1929 4 19 US Hillbilly 1929 #12, 236,231 sales 13 Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton "Slow Wicked Blues"Columbia matrix W148296. Slow wicked blues / Tom Darby; Jimmie Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000037857/W148296-Slow_wicked_blues 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15419 1929 4 15 1929 5 31 US Hillbilly 1929 #13 14 Carolina Tar Heels "Peg And Awl"Victor matrix BVE-47165. Peg and awl / Carolina Tar Heels - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021094/BVE-47165-Peg_and_awl 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40010 1930 5 24 1930 8 US Hillbilly 1929 #14 15 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 5 (It’s Raining Here)" / "I’m Sorry We Met"Victor 22072 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). (Album WPT-22) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19645/Victor_22072 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 22072 1929 2 23 1929 9 20 US Hillbilly 1929 #15 16 Carter Family "Lulu Wall"Victor matrix BVE-49865. The foggy mountain top / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023648/BVE-49865-The_foggy_mountain_top 2022-03-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40126 1929 2 14 1929 10 24 US Hillbilly 1929 #16 17 Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison "The Utah Trail"Brunswick matrix E29474. The Utah Trail / Frank Luther; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000228795/E29474-The_Utah_Trail 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Brunswick 4296 1929 3 1929 8 US BB 1929 #229, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #17 18 Eck Robertson "There's a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere"Victor matrix BVE-55347. There's a brown skin girl down the road somewhere / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800026450/BVE-55347-Theres_a_brown_skin_girl_down_the_road_somewhere 2022-03-27 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40145 1929 8 12 1929 11 US Hillbilly 1929 #18 19 Clarence Pinetop Smith "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 1000 - 1499 race series https://www.78discography.com/VOC1000.htm 2022-04-09 www.78discography.com Vocalion 1245 1928 12 29 1929 3 US Hillbilly 1929 #19 20 Nelstone's Hawaiians Just BecauseVictor matrix BVE-56637. Just because / Nelstone's Hawaiians - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800027574/BVE-56637-Just_because 2022-04-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40273 1929 11 30 1929 12 US 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 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. Country Category:Country music by year