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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.
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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, [1] and did not start to rebound until 1937.
The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, [2] 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 | Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians | "Why Should I Be Lonely" [3] | Victor 23609 | June 30, 1930 | December 4, 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #1, 20,506 sales [4] |
| 2 | Gene Autry and Jimmy Long | "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" [2] [5] | Banner 32349 | October 29, 1931 | January 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #2 |
| 3 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Gambling Polka Dot Blues" [6] | Victor 23636 | June 15, 1931 | February 26, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #3, 13,265 sales [7] |
| 4 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" [8] | Victor 23651 | February 2, 1932 | April 8, 1932 | US BB 1932 #223, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1932 #4, 12,448 sales [9] |
| 5 | Dick Robertson | "Twenty-One Years (Is a Long Time)" [10] | Victor 23616 | October 22, 1931 | December 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #5, 11,225 sales [11] |
| 6 | Jimmie Rodgers | "My Time Ain’t Long" [12] | Victor 23669 | February 4, 1932 | May 20, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #6, 9,578 sales [13] |
| 7 | Kentucky Ramblers | "Ginseng Blues" [14] | Broadway 8271 | September 10, 1930 | October 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #7 |
| 8 | Renfro Valley Boys | "Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet" [15] | Paramount 3321 | December 6, 1931 | June 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #8 |
| 9 | Renfro Valley Boys | "My Renfro Valley Home" [15] | Paramount 3315 | December 6, 1931 | February 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #9 |
| 10 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)" [16] | Victor 21757 | October 24, 1931 | January 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #10, 7,746 sales [17] |
| 11 | Stuart Hamblen | "My Mary" [18] | Victor 23685 | November 13, 1931 | June 11, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #11 |
| 12 | Delmore Brothers | "Alabama Lullaby" [19] | Columbia 15724 | October 28, 1931 | December 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #12 |
| 13 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep" [20] | Victor 23721 | August 11, 1932 | October 21, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #13, 6,241 sales [21] |
| 14 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Down The Old Road To Home" [22] | Victor 23711 | February 5, 1932 | September 23, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #14, 6,078 sales [23] |
| 15 | Carter Family | "Motherless Children" [24] | Victor 23641 | November 2, 1929 | March 30, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #15 |
| 16 | Carson Robison Trio | "Twenty One Years" [25] | Perfect 12759 | October 23, 1931 | December 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #16 |
| 17 | Carter Family | "Room In Heaven For Me" [26] | Victor 23618 | November 24, 1930 | January 26, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #17, 5,088 sales [27] |
| 18 | Jimmie Rodgers | "She Was Happy Till She Met You" [28] | Victor 21757 | June 12, 1932 | December 2, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #18 |
| 19 | Carter Family | "Weary Prodigal Son" [29] | Victor 23626 | May 25, 1931 | January 17, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #19, 4,329 sales [30] |
| 20 | Carter Family | "I Never Loved but One" [31] | Victor 23656 | February 24, 1932 | April 8, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #20, 3,360 sales [32] |
| 21 | Renfro Valley Boys | "Twenty-One Years" [15] | Paramount 3311 | December 6, 1931 | January 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #21 |
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