1928 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1928.

Events

• "The first edition of Bradley Kincaid's 1928 songbook called My Favorite Mountain Ballads sold more than 100,000 copies;[1]

Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

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, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	Recorded	Released	Chart Positions
1	Jimmie Rodgers	"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" [2] [3] / Away Out On the Mountain"	Victor 21142	November 30, 1927 (1927-11-30)	May 1928 (1928-05)	US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #1, 2,000,000 sales [1] [4]
2	Jimmie Rodgers	"In the Jailhouse Now" [5] / "Ben Dewberry’s Final Run"	Victor 21245	February 15, 1928 (1928-02-15)	July 1928 (1928-07)	US BB 1928 #158, US #14 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #2, 1,000,000 sales [1] [4]
3	Jimmie Rodgers	"The Brakeman’s Blues" [6]	Victor 21291	February 14, 1928 (1928-02-14)	June 1928 (1928-06)	US BB 1928 #68, US #7 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #3, 1,000,000 sales [4]
4	Carter Family	"Keep on the Sunny Side" [7]	Victor 21434	May 9, 1928 (1928-05-09)	July 20, 1928 (1928-07-20)	US BB 1928 #88, US #9 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #4, 141,981 sales, Grammy Hall of Fame 2006
5	Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett	"Red River Valley" [8]	Columbia 15206	November 3, 1927 (1927-11-03)	January 1928 (1928-01)	US Hillbilly 1928 #5
6	Jimmie Rodgers	""Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel)" [9] / "Never No Mo’ Blues"	Victor 21531	February 15, 1928 (1928-02-15)	October 1928 (1928-10)	US BB 1928 #108, US #10 for 1 weeks, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #6, 1,000,000 sales [4]
7	Jimmie Rodgers	"Blue Yodel No. II (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)" [10]	Victor 21291	February 15, 1928 (1928-02-15)	June 1928 (1928-06)	US Hillbilly 1928 #7, 1,000,000 sales [4]
8	Darby and Tarlton	"Birmingham Jail" [11]	Columbia 15212D	November 10, 1927 (1927-11-10)	March 1928 (1928-03)	US Hillbilly 1928 #8, 200,000 sales [12]
9	Bradley Kincaid	"Barbara Allen" [13]	Silvertone 5186	February 27, 1928 (1928-02-27)	April 5, 1928 (1928-04-05)	US Hillbilly 1928 #9
10	Jimmie Rodgers	"Treasures Untold" [14] / "Mother Was A Lady (If Brother Jack Were Here)"	Victor 21433	February 14, 1928 (1928-02-14)	August 3, 1928 (1928-08-03)	US Hillbilly 1928 #10, 1,000,000 sales [4]
11	Vernon Dalhart	"Halleluja! I'm a Bum" [15]	Columbia 1488	July 30, 1928 (1928-07-30)	November 1928 (1928-11)	US BB 1928 #58, US #6 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #11
12	Jimmie Rodgers	"Lullaby Yodel" [16] / "Memphis Yodel"	Victor 21636	June 12, 1928 (1928-06-12)	December 1928 (1928-12)	, US Hillbilly 1928 #12, 1,000,000 sales [4]
13	Jimmie Rodgers	"My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans" / "Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea" [17]	Victor 21574	June 12, 1928 (1928-06-12)	November 1928 (1928-11)	US Hillbilly 1928 #13, 1,000,000 sales [4]
14	Georgia Yellow Hammers	"The Picture On the Wall" [18]	Victor 20943	August 9, 1927 (1927-08-09)	January 1928 (1928-01)	US Hillbilly 1928 #14, 100,000 sales [12]
15	Carter Family	"Little Darling Pal of Mine" [19]	Victor 21638	May 9, 1928 (1928-05-09)	December 1928 (1928-12)	US BB 1929 #166, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #15
16	Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen	"Casey Jones" [20]	Columbia 15237	March 28, 1927 (1927-03-28)	April 1928 (1928-04)	US BB 1928 #216, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #16
17	Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison	"A Memory That Time Cannot Erase" [21]	Victor 21094	July 21, 1927 (1927-07-21)	March 1928 (1928-03)	US BB 1928 #215, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #17
18	Blind Lemon Jefferson	"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" [22]	Paramount 12608	February 26, 1928 (1928-02-26)	May 4, 1928 (1928-05-04)	US Hillbilly 1928 #18
19	Darby and Tarlton	"Columbus Stockade Blues" [11]	Columbia 15212	November 10, 1927 (1927-11-10)	March 1928 (1928-03)	US Hillbilly 1928 #19
20	Jules Verne Allen	"The Dying Cowboy" [23]	Victor 23834	April 21, 1928 (1928-04-21)	May 4, 1928 (1928-05-04)	US Hillbilly 1928 #20

Births

• March 31 – Lefty Frizzell, honky-tonk singer-songwriter (died 1975).
• April 3 – Don Gibson, singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1950s through late 1970s (died 2003).
• May 3 – Dave Dudley, singer best known for his truck-driving anthems ("Six Days on the Road") (died 2003).
• August 10 – Jimmy Dean, singer-songwriter best known for "Big Bad John" and other 1960s ballads; television host and businessman/founder of eponymously named sausage company (died 2010).
• December 17 – George Lindsey, comedian-actor who played Goober Pyle on television's The Andy Griffith Show and Hee Haw (died 2012).

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 ( ISBN   0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ( ISBN   0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

Notes

1. ^ a b c d e f Bradley Kincaid, Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall of Fame. Accessed 25 August 2007.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
2. "Victor matrix BVE-40753. Blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
3. "Complete National Recording Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
4. "Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers". www.bluegrassmessengers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
5. "Victor matrix BVE-41740. In the jailhouse now / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
6. "Victor matrix BVE-41738. The brakeman's blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
7. "Victor matrix BVE-45022. Keep on the sunny side / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
8. "Columbia matrix W145091. Red River Valley / Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
9. "Victor matrix BVE-41743. Blue yodel no. 3 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
10. "Victor matrix BVE-41741. Blue yodel no. II / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
11. "Columbia matrix W145202. Birmingham Jail / Darby & Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
12. Charles K. Wolfe (2002). Classic Country: Legends of Country Music. Routledge. p. 90. ISBN   978-1-135-95734-6.
13. "Silvertone 5000 series (from Gennett) 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
14. "Victor matrix BVE-41737. Treasures untold / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
15. "Columbia matrix W146821. Halleluja! I'm a bum / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
16. "Victor matrix BVE-45098. Lullaby yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
17. "Victor 21574 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
18. "Victor matrix BVE-39782. The picture on the wall / Georgia Yellow Hammers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
19. "Victor matrix BVE-45021. Little darling, pal of mine / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
20. "Columbia matrix W143785. Casey Jones / Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
21. "Victor matrix BVE-39693. A memory that time cannot erase / Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
22. "Blind Lemon Jefferson Discography". Wirz.de. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
23. "Victor matrix BVE-50599. The dying cowboy / Jules Verne Allen - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.