1931 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1931. 1931 1931 country music Events Jimmie Rodgers, "the Father of Country Music", continued to dominate Hillbilly (Country) music in 1931, though the Great Depression was causing record sales and royalties to spiral downward at a frightening rate (by 1934, Columbia Records would be bankrupt).Records Mosaic 2021-06-24 Duke Ellington - 1932-40 Brunswick Recordings pg13-14 - Mosaic Records https://www.mosaicrecords.com/duke-ellington-the-complete-1932-1940-brunswick-columbia-master-recordings/ 2022-02-18 Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans! en-US Only the Carter Family would come close. Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1931 Thanks to the Discography of American Historical Recordings website, the year 1931 is perhaps the most accurate top "Hillbilly" records list of all. Eighteen of the songs were ranked from sales figures kept by Victor Records (as "Number sold," under "Other information") deriving from markings on the backs of blue history cards and are included in DAHR, when known, as part of their effort to make available significant data found in original Victor documents. As John Bolig points out in the introduction to his Victor black label discography (1800-1900 series, Denver: Mainspring Press, 2008), these numbers are not to be considered authoritative. It is likely that they represent a sales audit from a specific time, and they do not appear to have been updated regularly. In addition, it is possible that the sales figures may represent cumulative sales from various issues (catalog numbers) of the masters represented on the blue history cards, and not exclusively from one such release.Glossary of Terms https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/resources/detail/78#numbersold 2022-12-14 Discography of American Historical Recordings Billboard surveys did not approach reasonable accuracy until the late 1940s, due to the small sample size, confusion over best-selling, jukebox, and airplay charts, and any number of startup issues. At this point in history, Victor made up a large percentage of Hillbilly releases because of economic circumstances. They appear to have kept the best records by far of any of the labels. Numerical rankings are approximate, as there were no Billboard charts in 1931; the numbers are only used for a frame of reference. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions 1 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)"Victor matrix PBVE-54863. Blue yodel no. 8 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800026108/PBVE-54863-Blue_yodel_no._8 2022-01-30 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23503 1930 7 11 1931 1 6 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 1 2 Jimmie Rodgers "T.B. Blues"Victor matrix BVE-67133. T. B. blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800034433/BVE-67133-T._B._blues 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23535 1931 1 31 1931 4 24 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 2, 47,355 salesVictor 23535 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21426/Victor_23535 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu 3 Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison "When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver"Victor matrix BVE-64814. When your hair has turned to silver (I will love you just the same) / Bud Billings; Joe Billings - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033772/BVE-64814-When_your_hair_has_turned_to_silver_I_will_love_you_just_the_same 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 22588 1931 11 26 1931 1 23 US BB 1931 No. 48, US No. 4 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1931 No. 3, 38,805 salesVictor 22588 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/20147/Victor_22588 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu 4 Jimmie Rodgers "Jimmie the Kid"Victor matrix BVE-67135. Jimmie, the kid / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800034435/BVE-67135-Jimmie_the_kid 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23549 1931 1 31 1931 6 5 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 4, 36,450 salesVictor 23549 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21440/Victor_23549 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu 5 Jimmie Rodgers "Travellin’ Blues"Victor matrix BVE-67134. Travellin' blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800034434/BVE-67134-Travellin_blues 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23564 1931 1 31 1931 7 17 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 5, 31,734 salesVictor 23564 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21454/Victor_23564 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu 6 Jimmie Rodgers "Nobody Knows But Me"Victor matrix BVE-56595. Nobody knows but me / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800027532/BVE-56595-Nobody_knows_but_me 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23518 1931 11 25 1931 3 13 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 6, 28,959 salesVictor 23518 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21410/Victor_23518 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu 7 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standing On a Corner)"Victor matrix PBVE-54867. Blue yodel no. 9 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800026112/PBVE-54867-Blue_yodel_no._9 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23580 1931 7 16 1931 9 11 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 7, 25,071 sales,Victor 23580 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21469/Victor_23580 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 8 Jimmie Rodgers Assisted By The Carter Family "Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family"Victor matrix BVE-69427. Jimmie Rodgers visits the Carter Family / Carter Family; Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035955/BVE-69427-Jimmie_Rodgers_visits_the_Carter_Family 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23574 1931 6 11 1931 8 14 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 8, 24,093 salesVictor 23574 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21464/Victor_23574 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu 9 Carter Family "Little Log Hut In The Lane"Victor matrix BVE-59982. The little log hut in the lane / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800030557/BVE-59982-The_little_log_hut_in_the_lane 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40328 1930 5 24 1930 12 9 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 9, 17,990 salesVictor V-40328 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/32836/Victor_V-40328 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu 10 Carter Family "On the Rock Where Moses Stood"Victor matrix BVE-64706. On the rock where Moses stood / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033666/BVE-64706-On_the_rock_where_Moses_stood 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23513 1931 11 24 1931 1 16 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 10, 16,407 salesVictor 23513 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21405/Victor_23513 2022-02-17 adp.library.ucsb.edu 11 Carter Family "Lonesome Valley"Victor matrix BVE-64705. Lonesome valley / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033665/BVE-64705-Lonesome_valley 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23541 1930 11 24 1931 4 27 US BB 1931 No. 175, US No. 15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1931 No. 11, 15,107 salesVictor 23541 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21432/Victor_23541 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu 12 Carter Family "Where Shall I Be"Victor matrix BVE-64717. Where shall I be? / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033677/BVE-64717-Where_shall_I_be 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23523 1930 11 25 1931 2 8 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 12, 13,275 salesVictor 23523 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21415/Victor_23523 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu 13 Allen Brothers "No Low Down Hanging 'Round"Victor matrix BVE-62995. No low down hanging 'round / Allen Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800032454/BVE-62995-No_low_down_hanging_round 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23536 1930 11 22 1931 5 16 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 13, 11,769 salesVictor 23536 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21427/Victor_23536 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu 14 Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians "Moonlight And Skies"Victor matrix PBVE-54851. Moonlight and skies / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800026096/PBVE-54851-Moonlight_and_skies 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23574 1931 6 30 1931 8 14 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 13, 24,093 sales 15 Fleming and Townsend Little Home Upon the HillVictor matrix BVE-62595. Little home upon the hill / Reece Fleming; Respers Townsend - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800032110/BVE-62595-Little_home_upon_the_hill 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor V-40321 1930 6 6 1930 11 21 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 15, 10,888 salesVictor V-40321 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/32829/Victor_V-40321 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu 16 Buster Carter and Preston Young "A Lazy Farmer Boy"Columbia matrix W151648. A lazy farmer boy / Buster Carter; Preston Young - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000041145/W151648-A_lazy_farmer_boy 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15702 1931 6 26 1931 8 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 16 17 Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie "Let's Go To Town"Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 1500 - 1745 https://www.78discography.com/VOC1500.htm 2022-04-12 www.78discography.com Vocalion 1660 1931 3 16 1931 5 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 17 18 Jimmie Davis "Arabella Blues"Victor matrix BVE-64755. Arabella blues / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033715/BVE-64755-Arabella_blues 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23517 1930 11 29 1931 2 18 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 18, 9,653 salesVictor 23517 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21409/Victor_23517 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu 19 Carter Family "When I'm Gone"Victor matrix BVE-69347. When I'm gone / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035875/BVE-69347-When_Im_gone 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23569 1931 11 24 1931 1 16 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 18, 9,566 salesVictor 23569 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21459/Victor_23569 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu 20 Carter Family "There Is Someone Waiting For Me"Victor matrix BVE-59981. There's someone awaiting for me / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800030556/BVE-59981-Theres_someone_awaiting_for_me 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23554 1931 11 24 1931 1 16 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 19, 9,490 salesVictor 23554 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21444/Victor_23554 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu 21 Carter Family "Fond Affection"Victor matrix BVE-56589. Fond affection / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800027526/BVE-56589-Fond_affection 2022-08-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 40328 1931 11 24 1931 1 16 US Hillbilly 1931 No. 20, 7,261 salesVictor 23585 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21474/Victor_23585 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Births July 26 – Fred Foster, record producer and songwriter (died 2019). September 12 – George Jones, "The Possum," one of the genre's all-time greatest vocalists (died 2013). November 8 – Harold Shedd, record producer most associated with the 1980s success of Alabama. December 30 – Skeeter Davis, the top vocalist in country music during the 1960s, best known for the hit song "The End of the World" (died 2004). Deaths May 21 – Charlie Poole, banjo player and leader of The North Carolina Ramblers (heart attack) 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) References Country Category:Country music by year