This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1922.
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Events
- June 30 – A.C. "Eck" Robertson became the first fiddler and country musician on record when he recorded eight tracks for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York City.
- September 9 – First radio broadcast of Fiddlin' John Carson on WSB-Atlanta.
No dates
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.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernon Dalhart and the Criterion Trio | "Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)"[2] | Victor 18807 | September 1, 1921 | November 1921 | US BB 1922 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 1,040,811 sales[3] |
| 2 | Vernon Dalhart | "Weep No More, My Mammy"[4] | Columbia 3500 | October 11, 1921 | January 1922 | US BB 1922 #59, US #5 for 1 week, 3 total weeks |
| 3 | Vernon Dalhart | "Dear Old Southland"[5] | Edison 50905 | December 23, 1921 | May 1922 | US BB 1922 #140, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 4 | Al Bernard and Vernon Dalhart | "I Want My Mammy"[6] | Columbia 3520 | November 19, 1921 | February 1922 | US BB 1922 #114, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 5 | California Ramblers | "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" | Vocalion 14329 | April 6, 1922 | May 1922 | US BB 1922 #115, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
Births
- July 26 – Jim Foglesong, Music Row executive who helped lay foundation for country music's boom period in the 1970s through early 1990s. (died 2013)
- December 20 — Geoff Mack, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2017)
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-25532. Tuck me to sleep (In my old 'Tucky home) / Criterion Trio ; Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 80019. Weep no more (my mammy) / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Edison matrix 8325. Dear old Southland / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 80076. I want my mammy / Al Bernard ; Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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.