1932 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932. 1932 1932 country music Events 1932 marked the lowest trough the recording industry would experience during the Great Depression, as sales tumbled to pre-1905 levels. In the United States, revenues went from 104 million units in 1927 to 6 million in 1932,Russell Will The Great Depression and Music: From Woody Guthrie To Coronavirus https://www.hotpress.com/culture/great-depression-music-woody-guthrie-coronavirus-22809799 2022-04-17 Hotpress and did not start to rebound until 1937. Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1932 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 with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians "Why Should I Be Lonely"Victor matrix PBVE-54850. Why should I be lonely? / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800026095/PBVE-54850-Why_should_I_be_lonely 2022-04-24 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23609 1930 6 30 1931 12 4 US Hillbilly 1932 #1, 20,506 salesVictor 23609 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21498/Victor_23609 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu 2 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine"TSHA Autry, Orvon Gene https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/autry-orvon-gene 2022-04-26 www.tshaonline.org Banner 32349 1931 10 29 1932 1 US Hillbilly 1932 #2 3 Jimmie Rodgers "Gambling Polka Dot Blues"Victor matrix BVE-69439. Gambling polka dot blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035967/BVE-69439-Gambling_polka_dot_blues 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23636 1931 6 15 1932 2 26 US Hillbilly 1932 #3, 13,265 salesVictor 23636 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21525/Victor_23636 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu 4 Jimmie Rodgers "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon"Victor matrix BVE-70645. Roll along Kentucky moon / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036844/BVE-70645-Roll_along_Kentucky_moon 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23651 1932 2 2 1932 4 8 US BB 1932 #223, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1932 #4, 12,448 salesVictor 23651 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21540/Victor_23651 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu 5 Dick Robertson "Twenty-One Years (Is a Long Time)"Victor matrix BRC-70298. Twenty-one years (Is a long time) / Dick Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036625/BRC-70298-Twenty-one_years_Is_a_long_time 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23616 1931 10 22 1931 12 US Hillbilly 1932 #5, 11,225 salesVictor 23616 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21505/Victor_23616 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu 6 Jimmie Rodgers "My Time Ain’t Long"Victor matrix BVE-70647. My time ain't long / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036846/BVE-70647-My_time_aint_long 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23669 1932 2 4 1932 5 20 US Hillbilly 1932 #6, 9,578 salesVictor 23669 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21558/Victor_23669 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu 7 Kentucky Ramblers "Ginseng Blues"BROADWAY 8000 series 78rpm numerical listing Discography https://www.78discography.com/Broadway8000.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Broadway 8271 1930 9 10 1932 10 US Hillbilly 1932 #7 8 Renfro Valley Boys "Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet"Paramount 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/Para030.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Paramount 3321 1931 12 6 1932 6 US Hillbilly 1932 #8 9 Renfro Valley Boys "My Renfro Valley Home" Paramount 3315 1931 12 6 1932 2 US Hillbilly 1932 #9 10 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)"Victor matrix BVE-70650. Blue yodel no. 10 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036849/BVE-70650-Blue_yodel_no._10 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21757 1931 10 24 1932 1 US Hillbilly 1932 #10, 7,746 salesVictor 23696 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21585/Victor_23696 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu 11 Stuart Hamblen "My Mary"Victor matrix PBVE-68337. My Mary / Stuart Hamblen; Ted Dahl Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035294/PBVE-68337-My_Mary 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23685 1931 11 13 1932 6 11 US Hillbilly 1932 #11 12 Delmore Brothers "Alabama Lullaby"Columbia matrix W151977. Alabama lullaby / Delmore Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000041473/W151977-Alabama_lullaby 2022-04-11 adp.library.ucsb.edu Columbia 15724 1931 10 28 1931 12 US Hillbilly 1932 #12 13 Jimmie Rodgers "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep"Victor matrix BSHQ-58963. Rock all our babies to sleep / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800029686/BSHQ-58963-Rock_all_our_babies_to_sleep 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23721 1932 8 11 1932 10 21 US Hillbilly 1932 #13, 6,241 salesVictor 23721 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21611/Victor_23721 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu 14 Jimmie Rodgers "Down The Old Road To Home"Victor matrix BVE-70649. Down the old road to home / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036848/BVE-70649-Down_the_old_road_to_home 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23711 1932 2 5 1932 9 23 US Hillbilly 1932 #14, 6,078 salesVictor 23711 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21600/Victor_23711 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu 15 Carter Family "Motherless Children"Victor matrix BVE-56568. Motherless children / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800027505/BVE-56568-Motherless_children 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23641 1929 11 2 1932 3 30 US Hillbilly 1932 #15 16 Carson Robison Trio "Twenty One Years"PERFECT 78rpm numerical listing discography (12500 - 13000) https://www.78discography.com/PE12500.htm 2022-08-20 www.78discography.com Perfect 12759 1931 10 23 1931 12 US Hillbilly 1932 #16 17 Carter Family "Room In Heaven For Me"Victor matrix BVE-64707. Room in heaven for me / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033667/BVE-64707-Room_in_heaven_for_me 2022-08-19 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23618 1930 11 24 1932 1 26 US Hillbilly 1932 #17, 5,088 sales Victor 23618 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21507/Victor_23618 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu 18 Jimmie Rodgers "She Was Happy Till She Met You"Victor matrix BVE-56608. She was happy till she met you / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800027545/BVE-56608-She_was_happy_till_she_met_you 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 21757 1932 6 12 1932 12 2 US Hillbilly 1932 #18 19 Carter Family "Weary Prodigal Son"Victor matrix BVE-69345. Weary prodigal son / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035873/BVE-69345-Weary_prodigal_son 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23626 1931 5 25 1932 1 17 US Hillbilly 1932 #19, 4,329 salesVictor 23626 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21515/Victor_23626 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu 20 Carter Family "I Never Loved but One"Victor matrix BVE-71613. I never loved but one / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800037451/BVE-71613-I_never_loved_but_one 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 23656 1932 2 24 1932 4 8 US Hillbilly 1932 #20, 3,360 salesVictor 23656 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21545/Victor_23656 2022-08-20 adp.library.ucsb.edu 21 Renfro Valley Boys "Twenty-One Years" Paramount 3311 1931 12 6 1932 1 US Hillbilly 1932 #21 Births January 31 – Rick Hall, songwriter and producer (died 2018). February 3 – Bill Mack, country music radio personality best known for hosting Country Crossroads, and songwriter ("Blue" and "Drinking Champagne").(died 2020) February 25 – Faron Young, honky tonk singer whose popularity spanned the 1950s through mid-1970s (died 1996). February 26 – Johnny Cash, vastly influential in all genres of American popular music, most notably country (died 2003). April 14 – Loretta Lynn, leading country singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s (died 2022). August 8 – Mel Tillis, singer-songwriter who overcame a speech impediment to become one of the genre's biggest stars of the 1950s through 1980s (died 2017). September 8 – Patsy Cline, one of the most influential singers in American popular music, first female country singer to cross over to the pop charts (died 1963). October 11 – Dottie West, female vocalist who successfully transferred from the Nashville Sound (of the 1960s) to more straight-ahead pop country during the late 1970s and early 1980s (died 1991). November 6 – Paul English, drummer for Willie Nelson (died 2020).Paul English, longtime Willie Nelson drummer, dies November 13 – Buddy Killen, record producer and music publishing owner (died 2006). Further reading Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music,” 1932 (p. 32) HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (0-06-273244-7) References Country Category:Country music by year