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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1926.
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The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, [1] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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| 1 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Prisoner's Song" [2] | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 | November 1924 | US BB 1926 #2, US #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930 [3] |
| 2 | Poole's North Carolina Ramblers | "Whitehouse Blues" [4] | Columbia 15099 | September 20, 1926 | October 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #2 |
| 3 | Vernon Dalhart | "There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino" [5] | Columbia 718 | August 27, 1926 | October 1926 | US BB 1926 #37, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #3 |
| 4 | Carl T. Sprague | "O Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy)" [6] | Victor 20122 | June 22, 1926 | December 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #4 |
| 5 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Turkey in the Straw" [7] | Columbia 15084 | April 17, 1926 | June 1926 | US BB 1926 #176, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #5 |
| 6 | Uncle Dave Macon with Sam McGhee | "Way Down the Old Plank Road" [8] | Vocalion 15321 | April 14, 1926 | June 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #6 |
| 7 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around" [9] | Columbia 15084D | April 17, 1926 | June 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #7 |
| 8 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Governor's Pardon" [10] | Victor 19983 | March 2, 1926 | May 1926 | US BB 1926 #90, US #8 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #8 |
| 9 | Kelly Harrell | "Butcher's Boy" [11] | Victor 20242 | June 8, 1926 | November 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #9 |
| 10 | Riley Puckett and Bob Nichols (Clayton McMichen) | "My Carolina Home" [12] | Columbia 15095D | April 22, 1926 | October 1926 | US BB 1927 #205, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #10 |
| 11 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Miami Storm" [13] | Columbia 15100 | September 23, 1926 | October 1926 | US BB 1927 #174, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #11 |
| 12 | Johnny Marvin (Ukelele Ace) | "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" [14] | Columbia 699D | June 29, 1926 | September 1926 | US BB 1926 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #12 |
| 13 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Bully of the Town" [15] | Columbia 15074D | April 17, 1926 | June 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #13 |
| 14 | Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart) | "The Freight Wreck At Altoona" [16] | Columbia 15065D | January 15, 1926 | March 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #14 |
| 15 | Poole's North Carolina Ramblers | "Monkey On A String" [17] | Columbia 15099 | September 17, 1926 | October 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #15 |
| 16 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Jack O Diamond Blues" [18] | Paramount 12373 | June 12, 1926 | August 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #16 |
| 17 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" [19] | Columbia 15091D | April 17, 1926 | September 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #17 |
| 18 | Blind Blake | "Early Morning Blues" [18] | Paramount 12387 | September 11, 1926 | October 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #18 |
| 19 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Long Lonesome Blues" [18] | Paramount 12354 | March 18, 1926 | May 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #19 |
| 20 | Uncle Dave Macon | "Last Night When My Willie Come Home" [20] | Vocalion 15319 | April 14, 1926 | May 1926 | US Hillbilly 1926 #20 |
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