1934 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1934. 1934 1934 country music Events August – Decca Records, Inc. established in New York City1954-08-28 A 20-Year History of Decca: Saga of Industry and Vision https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 Billboard 14 Google Books July – Columbia Phonograph Company purchased by the American Record Corporation (ARC)Frank Hoffman Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound https://books.google.com/books?id=xV6tghvO0oMC&pg=PA212 July 21, 2013 August 21, 2004 Taylor & Francis 978-0-203-48427-2 212 Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings The Great Depression continued to wreak havoc on the American record industry in 1934. The Grigsby-Grunow Company, owner of Columbia Phonograph Company, failed, and Columbia was put up for sale. Columbia operations, catalogue and trademarks, as well as Okeh Records, were purchased by the American Record Corporation (ARC) for $70,000 in July 1934. Columbia's pressing and warehouse facilities, along with equipment and machines, were absorbed by ARC, but for the next four years, both labels were dormant. Decca Records, Ltd., London, UK, formed Decca Records, Inc. in the United States, and began operations in August 1934. Three former Brunswick managers, including Jack Kapp, were hired. 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 Sons of the Pioneers "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"Decca matrix DLA 11. Tumbling tumbleweeds / Sons of the Pioneers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000266434/DLA_11-Tumbling_tumbleweeds 2022-01-06 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 Decca 5047 1934 8 8 1934 11 10 US BB 1934 #203, US #13 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1934 #1, National Recording Registry 2010, Grammy Hall of Fame 2002 2 Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers "Down Yonder"BLUEBIRD 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5500 - 6000 https://www.78discography.com/BB5500.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Bluebird 5562 1934 3 29 1934 7 18 US BB 1934 #139, US #10 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1934 #2 3 Delmore Brothers "Brown's Ferry Blues"BLUEBIRD 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000 - 5500 https://www.78discography.com/BB5000.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Bluebird 5403 1933 12 6 1934 4 4 US Hillbilly 1934 #3 4 Tex Owens "The Cattle Call"Decca matrix C 9355. Cattle call / Tex Owens - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000280706/C_9355-Cattle_call 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5015 1934 8 8 1934 10 11 US Hillbilly 1934 #4 5 Linda Parker, Acc. By Cumberland Ridge Runners "Take Me Back To Renfro Valley"Conqueror 78rpm numerical listing discography: 8000 - 8499 https://www.78discography.com/Conq8000.htm 2022-01-18 www.78discography.com Conqueror 8164 1933 4 11 1933 12 US Hillbilly 1934 #5 6 Kokomo Arnold "Milk Cow Blues"Decca matrix C 9428. Milk cow blues / Kokomo Arnold - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000280779/C_9428-Milk_cow_blues 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 7026 1934 9 10 1934 11 US Hillbilly 1934 #6 7 W. Lee O'Daniel and His Light Crust Doughboys with Leon Huff "My Mary" (by Hamblen)Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 2522 - 3000 https://www.78discography.com/VOC2500.htm 2022-01-18 www.78discography.com Vocalion 2872 1934 10 1 1934 11 US Hillbilly 1934 #7 8 Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners "I Got The Freight Train Blues"PERFECT 78rpm numerical listing discography (12500 - 13000) https://www.78discography.com/PE12500.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Perfect 12996 1934 3 21 1934 4 18 US Hillbilly 1934 #8 9 Delmore Brothers "I've Got The Big River Blues"Victor matrix BS-77228. I've got the big river blues / Delmore Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800042276/BS-77228-Ive_got_the_big_river_blues 2022-04-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 5531 1933 12 6 1934 7 5 US Hillbilly 1934 #9 10 Riley Puckett "Ragged but Right"Victor matrix BVE-82700. Ragged but right / Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200016773/BVE-82700-Ragged_but_right 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 5587 1934 3 29 1934 8 15 US Hillbilly 1934 #10 11 W. Lee O'Daniel and His Light Crust Doughboys "Beautiful Texas" (O'Daniel) Vocalion 2621 1933 10 10 1934 2 US Hillbilly 1934 #11 12 Jimmie Rodgers "Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel"BLUEBIRD 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000 - 5500 https://www.78discography.com/BB5000.htm 2022-01-18 www.78discography.com Bluebird 5281 1933 5 18 1933 12 US Hillbilly 1934 #12 13 Westerners (Massey Family) "Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail" (by Dott Massey)MELOTONE 78rpm numerical listing discography: 13000 to end https://www.78discography.com/Mel13000.htm 2022-01-18 www.78discography.com Melotone 13006 1934 3 21 1934 5 US Hillbilly 1934 #13 14 Stuart Hamblen and His Covered Wagon Jubilee "Texas Plains" (by Hamblen)Decca matrix DLA 2. Texas plains / Stuart Hamblen Jubilee - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000266425/DLA_2-Texas_plains 2022-04-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5001 1934 8 3 1934 9 US Hillbilly 1934 #14 15 Charlie Patton "Stone Pony Blues" Vocalion 2680 1934 2 14 1934 4 US Hillbilly 1934 #15 16 Three Little Maids "Since The Angels Took Mother Away"(by Jenny Lou Carson)Victor matrix BS-77319. Since the angels took mother away / Eva Overstake; Evelyn Overstake; Lucille Overstake; Three Little Maids - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800042353/BS-77319-Since_the_angels_took_mother_away 2022-04-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 5336 1933 12 12 1934 2 US Hillbilly 1934 #16 17 Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers "On Tanners Farm" Bluebird 5665 1934 2 14 1934 10 17 US Hillbilly 1934 #17 18 Sons of the Pioneers "Way Out There"Decca matrix DLA 10. Way out there / Sons of the Pioneers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000266433/DLA_10-Way_out_there 2022-04-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5013 1934 8 8 1934 9 26 US Hillbilly 1934 #18 19 Jimmie Davis "Beautiful Texas" (O'Daniel)Victor matrix BS-76873. Beautiful Texas / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800042058/BS-76873-Beautiful_Texas 2022-04-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 5394 1933 8 5 1934 4 US Hillbilly 1934 #19 20 Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers "A Little Talk With Jesus"Victor matrix BVE-47245. A little talk with Jesus / Holiness Singers; Ernest Phipps - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800021174/BVE-47245-A_little_talk_with_Jesus 2022-04-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 5540 1928 10 30 1934 7 10 US Hillbilly 1934 #20 Births March 18 – Charley Pride, singer and songwriter, country music's first African-American star (d. 2020) March 31 – John D. Loudermilk, singer and songwriter (died 2016). April 1 – Jim Ed Brown, pop-styled singer who enjoyed success as part of a family group (The Browns), as a solo artist and as part of a duet (with Helen Cornelius), spanning the 1950s through early 1980s (died 2015). August 5 – Vern Gosdin, "The Voice" of many honky tonk-styled hits from the 1970s through early 1990s (died 2009). August 27 – Frances Preston, music executive (died 2012). October 24 – Sanger D. Shafer, AKA "Whitey" Shafer, songwriter (died 2019).'All my Ex's live in Texas' songwriter dies at 84 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