1929 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1929.

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List of years in country music (table)

Events

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.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart Positions
1 Carter Family "Wildwood Flower" [2] [3] Victor 40000May 10, 1928January 10, 1929US BB 1928 #23, US Hillbilly 1929 #1, US #3 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [1] , National Recording Registry 2006
2 Jimmie Rodgers "Waiting For A Train" [4] Victor 40014October 22, 1928February 8, 1929US BB 1929 #168, US #14 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #2, 1,000,000 sales [1] [5]
3Jimmie Rodgers"My Carolina Sunshine Girl" [6] Victor 40096October 20, 1928August 22, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #3, 1,000,000 sales [5]
4Carter Family"I'm Thinking To-night Of My Blue Eyes" [7] Victor 40089February 14, 1929June 11, 1929US BB 1929 #116, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #4
5 Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers "If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul" [8] Victor 40010October 29, 1928March 22, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #5, 11,376 sales [9]
6Jimmie Rodgers"My Old Pal" / "Daddy and Home" [10] Victor 21757June 12, 1928January 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #6, 1,000,000 sales [5]
7 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman "Corrine, Corrina" [11] [12] Brunswick 7080November 1928August 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #7
8 Al Craver (aka Vernon Dalhart) "Farm Relief Song" [13] [1] Columbia 15449-DAugust 22, 1929October 1929US BB 1929 #77, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #8
9Jimmie Rodgers"You and My Old Guitar" / "My Little Lady" [14] Victor 40072June 12, 1928June 7, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #9, 1,000,000 sales [5]
10Jimmie Rodgers"Frankie and Johnnie" / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii" [15] Victor 22143August 10, 1929November 22, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #10
11 Blind Willie McTell "Statesboro Blues" [16] [3] Victor 38001October 17, 1928January 4, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #11, National Recording Registry 2015
12Jimmie Rodgers"I’m Lonely and Blue" / "The Sailor’s Plea" [17] Victor 40054February 14, 1928April 19, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #12, 236,231 sales [17] [5]
13Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton"Slow Wicked Blues" [18] Columbia 15419April 15, 1929May 31, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #13
14Carolina Tar Heels"Peg And Awl" [19] Victor 40010May 24, 1930August 1930US Hillbilly 1929 #14
15Jimmie Rodgers"Blue Yodel No. 5 (It’s Raining Here)" / "I’m Sorry We Met" [20] Victor 22072February 23, 1929September 20, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #15
16Carter Family"Lulu Wall" [21] Victor 40126February 14, 1929October 24, 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #16
17 Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison "The Utah Trail" [22] Brunswick 4296March 1929August 1929US BB 1929 #229, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #17
18 Eck Robertson "There's a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere" [23] Victor 40145August 12, 1929November 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #18
19 Clarence Pinetop Smith "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" [24] Vocalion 1245December 29, 1928March 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #19
20 Nelstone's Hawaiians Just Because [25] Victor 40273November 30, 1929December 1929US Hillbilly 1929 #20

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  2. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-45029. Wildwood flower / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. 1 2 "Complete National Recording Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-47223. Waiting for a train / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers". www.bluegrassmessengers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-47215. My Carolina sunshine girl / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  7. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-49859. I'm thinking to-night of my Blue Eyes / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  8. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-47237. If the light has gone out in your soul / Holiness Singers ; Ernest Phipps - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  9. ↑ "Victor V-40010 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  10. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-45090. My old pal / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  11. ↑ "Brunswick matrix NOR761. Corrine Corrina / Bo Carter ; Chas. McCoy - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  12. ↑ "BRUNSWICK Records - 7000 "Race" series 78rpm numerical discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  13. ↑ "Columbia matrix W148913. Farm relief song / Al Craver - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  14. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-45094. You and my old guitar / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  15. ↑ "Victor 22143 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  16. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-47187. Statesboro blues / Blind Willie McTell - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  17. 1 2 "Victor V-40054 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  18. ↑ "Columbia matrix W148296. Slow wicked blues / Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  19. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-47165. Peg and awl / Carolina Tar Heels - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  20. ↑ "Victor 22072 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). (Album WPT-22) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  21. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-49865. The foggy mountain top / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  22. ↑ "Brunswick matrix E29474. The Utah Trail / Frank Luther ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  23. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-55347. There's a brown skin girl down the road somewhere / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  24. ↑ "Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 1000 - 1499 race series". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  25. ↑ "Victor matrix BVE-56637. Just because / Nelstone's Hawaiians - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.

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