1927 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1927. 1927 1927 country music Events July through August – Ralph Peer rents a warehouse in Bristol, Tennessee, for two weeks; the ensuing Bristol sessions produce several hits and introduce Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family to America. Rodgers makes his first recordings on August 4 for the Victor Talking Machine Company at Bristol, Tennessee, of "The Soldier's Sweetheart" and "Sleep, Baby, Sleep." The latter did well, but "Sleep" drew little interest, until late in 1927, it took off and became his first hit.Acuff Roy Roy Acuff's Nashville : the life and good times of country music Putnam 1983 0399508740 New York 109 english The Carter Family's recordings are also made that month; their first release is the double-sided hit "Wandering Boy" and "Poor Orphan Child." November 30 – Jimmie Rodgers participates in his second recording session, recording four sides at Camden, New Jersey: "Ben Dewberry's Final Run," "Mother Was a Lady (If Brother Jack Were Here)," "Blue Yodel ('T' for Texas)," and "Away Out on the Mountain." 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 "Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow"Victor matrix BVE-39750. Bury me under the weeping willow / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014005/BVE-39750-Bury_me_under_the_weeping_willow 2022-01-08 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21074 1927 8 1 1927 11 US BB 1927 #101, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1 2 Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett "John Henry (Steel-Drivin' Man)"Columbia matrix W143799. John Henry / Clayton McMichen; Riley Puckett; Skillet Lickers; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033517/W143799-John_Henry 2022-02-03 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15142 1927 3 29 1927 6 US BB 1927 #248, US #20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #2 3 Jimmie Rodgers "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"Victor matrix BVE-39768. Sleep, baby, sleep / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014023/BVE-39768-Sleep_baby_sleep 2022-02-03 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20864 1927 8 4 1927 11 5 US Hillbilly 1927 #3 4 Deford Bailey "Pan American Blues"BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 series https://www.78discography.com/BRN100.htm 2022-02-03 www.78discography.comBrunswick matrix E22475-E22476. Pan American blues / DeFord Bailey - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000223624/E22475-E22476-Pan_American_blues 2022-02-03 adp.library.ucsb.edu Brunswick 146 1927 4 18 1927 11 US Hillbilly 1927 #4 5 Vernon Dalhart "Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)"Columbia matrix W144213. Lindbergh / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033929/W144213-Lindbergh 2022-02-03 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 1000 1927 5 24 1927 6 US BB 1927 #49, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #5 6 Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison "My Carolina Home"Victor matrix BVE-38743. My Carolina home / Vernon Dalhart; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013003/BVE-38743-My_Carolina_home 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20795 1927 4 17 1927 6 US BB 1927 #79, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #6 7 Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison "My Blue Ridge Mountain Home"Victor matrix BVE-38150. My blue ridge mountain home / Vernon Dalhart; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012408/BVE-38150-My_blue_ridge_mountain_home 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20539 1927 8 24 1927 11 US BB 1928 #67, US #7 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #7 8 Jimmie Rodgers "The Soldier's Sweetheart"Victor matrix BVE-39767. The soldier's sweetheart / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014022/BVE-39767-The_soldiers_sweetheart 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20864 1927 8 4 1927 11 5 US BB 1928 #90, US #8 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #8 9 Vernon Dalhart "Lucky Lindy"Columbia matrix W144212. Lucky Lindy / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033928/W144212-Lucky_Lindy 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 1000 1927 5 1 1927 6 US BB 1927 #137, US #11 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #9 10 Carter Family "The Poor Orphan Child"Victor matrix BVE-39752. The poor orphan child / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014007/BVE-39752-The_poor_orphan_child 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20877 1927 8 1 1927 11 18 US Hillbilly 1927 #10 11 Vernon Dalhart "The Mississippi Flood"Victor matrix BVE-38495. The Mississippi flood / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012755/BVE-38495-The_Mississippi_flood 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20611 1927 4 27 1927 7 US BB 1927 #207, US #17 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #11 12 The Allen Brothers "Salty Dog Blues"Columbia matrix W143929. Salty dog blues / Allen Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033646/W143929-Salty_dog_blues 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15175 1927 4 7 1927 8 12 US Hillbilly 1927 #12 13 Carter Family "Single Girl Married Girl"Victor matrix BVE-39754. Single girl, married girl / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014009/BVE-39754-Single_girl_married_girl 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20937 1927 8 2 1927 10 14 US Hillbilly 1927 #13 14 Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers "Sail Away Ladies"Brunswick matrix E4935-E4936. Sail away, ladies / Fruit-Jar Drinkers; Uncle Dave Macon - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000223876/E4935-E4936-Sail_away_ladies 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Vocalion 5155 1927 5 7 1927 6 US Hillbilly 1927 #14 15 Carter Family "The Storms Are on the Ocean"Victor matrix BVE-39753. The storms are on the ocean / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014008/BVE-39753-The_storms_are_on_the_ocean 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20937 1927 8 1 1927 10 US Hillbilly 1927 #15 16 Fiddlin' Powers and Family "Cluck Old Hen"Edison matrix 10620. Cluck old hen / Fiddlin' Powers & Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000157474/10620-Cluck_old_hen 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Edison 52083 1925 10 6 1926 12 US Hillbilly 1927 #16 17 Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Quartet "Don't Grieve After Me"Victor matrix BVE-39715. Don't grieve after me / Holiness Quartet; Ernest Phipps - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013970/BVE-39715-Dont_grieve_after_me 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20834 1927 7 26 1927 10 10 US Hillbilly 1927 #17 18 Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart) "The Wreck Of Number Nine"Columbia matrix W143308. The wreck of Number Nine / Al Craver - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033062/W143308-The_wreck_of_Number_Nine 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15121 1927 1 14 1927 4 US BB 1927 #198, US #16 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #18 19 Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett "Run Nigger Run"Columbia matrix W143796. Run, nigger, run / Clayton McMichen; Riley Puckett; Skillet Lickers; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033514/W143796-Run_nigger_run 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15158 1927 3 29 1927 8 US Hillbilly 1927 #19 20 Carter Family "The Wandering Boy"Victor matrix BVE-39755. The wandering boy / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014010/BVE-39755-The_wandering_boy 2022-04-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 20877 1927 8 2 1927 11 18 US Hillbilly 1927 #20 Births February 25 – Ralph Stanley, bluegrass pioneer and Grand Ole Opry stalwart (died 2016). March 15 – Carl Smith, honky tonk-styled star of the 1950s through 1970s (died 2010). July 27 – Charlie Louvin, member of The Louvin Brothers (with brother Ira), and a solo star after their split and Ira's death (died 2011). August 12 – Porter Wagoner – enduring Grand Ole Opry star, television host, duet partner of Dolly Parton, singer of hits including "A Satisfied Mind" and "The Carroll County Accident" (died 2007). August 17 – E.W. "Bud" Wendell – music executive. August 29 – Jimmy C. Newman – Cajun-styled country performer and longtime Grand Ole Opry star (died 2014). September 8 – Harlan Howard – Songwriter of many country music standards from the 1950s through 1980s (died 2002). October 2 – Leon Rausch, 91, member of The Texas Playboys (died 2019). November 8 – Patti Page, crossover female vocalist best known for "Tennessee Waltz" (died 2013). December 30 – Bob Ferguson, record producer and songwriter, best known for work with Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (died 2001). Deaths deaths in 1927 Category:1927 deaths 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. References Country Category:Country music by year